How bad for you are kidney infections?

does your kidney get worse if you ever have more than one? and if you get one that is severe are you prone to more? also, could getting too many kidney infections result in having to get a kidney transplant?

Known medically as pyelonephritis (PI-low-nef-RI-tis), kidney infections usually start in the bladder. If your resistance is low, germs from the bladder can travel up the tubes (ureters) that lead to the kidneys, take up residence, and multiply. An acute kidney infection starts suddenly with severe symptoms, then quickly comes to an end. A chronic kidney infection develops slowly, grows steadily worse, and hangs on. The chronic variety can lead to kidney failure, thus possible transplant. Without care, you may get repeated kidney infections and even kidney failure. The infection could also spread to other parts of your body and cause worse problems.

no infection is good but you wont die as long as it gets treated in a timly manor and isnt caused by some rare bacteria....

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