Why is pregnancy prone to pyelonephritis

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Some time ago, I just learned that a colleague who had a good relationship was pregnant, but I learned that she was hospitalized a few days later. At the beginning, I just thought that she was in the hospital to protect the fetus. After I went to the hospital, I learned that she was suffering from pyelonephritis. Today, let me talk about why she is prone to pyelonephritis during pregnancy.

Why is pregnancy prone to pyelonephritis

First: pyelonephritis is a common urinary disease in pregnancy. This is because: during pregnancy, the ureter is dilated under the influence of estrogen and progesterone, resulting in tissue relaxation, lumen expansion, slow peristalsis, and retention of urine, which often makes the urine stay in the ureter and renal pelvis, thus creating conditions for the growth and reproduction of bacteria in the ureter and renal pelvis. The female urethral orifice is directly adjacent to the vaginal orifice and anus where bacteria are easy to accumulate.

Second: pregnant uterus squeezing intestinal tube can cause constipation, so that the bacteria in the large intestine can easily invade ureter, bladder, urethra and renal pelvis from intestinal tube via lymph. Do not talk about hygiene, bacterial examination easy to invade the urethra and ascending pelvis, cause pyelonephritis. During pregnancy, the body resistance is reduced, prone to gingivitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, otitis media, rhinitis, etc. the bacteria that infect the focus can spread to the urinary system through blood circulation, thus causing pyelonephritis.

Third: couples do not clean their external genitalia before sexual intercourse. During sexual intercourse, the genitalia tubes of men and women are in close contact and friction, and collide with the urethral orifice of the woman. It is often easy for bacteria to invade the urethra, leading to bacterial infection and pyelonephritis. In order to prevent pyelonephritis and protect the health of pregnant women and fetus, it is necessary to pay attention to hygiene and maintain the hygiene of external genitalia. After sexual intercourse, the woman had better urinate once to flush out the bacteria that may enter the urethra.

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Therefore, pregnant women must pay attention to their own personal hygiene, frequently change their personal clothes, eat more fruits and vegetables, drink more boiled water, and do some physical exercises to enhance their disease resistance. At the same time, they must actively accept treatment when they find diseases, but they should avoid taking medicine during pregnancy.