Kidney infection should be treated promptly. Prolong and untreated kidney infections can lead to life-threatening complications
1. It could lead to hematuria
2. Chronic kidney disease
3. High blood pressure
4. It could eventually lead to Kidney failure
5. Septicemia (blood poisoning)
6. Pregnancy complications. Pregnant women could develop complications as a result of her kidney that is not working well.
7. Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) — this a very rare and potentially fatal complication in which the tissues of the kidney are destroyed very quickly.
