Symptoms of pyelonephritis include:
a. severe pain, pyrexia and nausea.
b. severe pain, bradycardia and nausea.
c. severe pain, dyspnoea and nausea.
d. slight ache, pyrexia and vomiting.
a
Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the renal pelvis, most
often caused by a bacterial infection as a result of a urinary
tract infection. Symptoms such as fever, nausea and pain are
common.
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