Older people are more likely to suffer from chronic nephritis

The elderly immune function decline, lack of resistance to infection, which the incidence of urinary tract infection plays an important role. Elderly response to stress decreased, the incidence of malnutrition is high, which may lead to decreased or delayed cellular immune response in the elderly. Elderly on a variety of vaccine produced by the level of antibodies are generally lower than the young people, coupled with the normal sterile urinary system, contains only a small amount of immunoglobulin, macrophages and phagocytic cells, so the resistance to bacterial invasion low. This is not only the urinary system prone to infection, difficult to cure, and often recurrent, long-term delay, as one of the important causes of renal failure.

2, the elderly often have a variety of chronic diseases, so that the incidence of chronic pyelonephritis increased. Neurological diseases such as stroke and senile dementia patients with poor personal hygiene, and easily lead to incontinence, perineal contamination of the elderly women to increase the incidence of bacteriuria. Diabetic patients with high incidence of pyelonephritis may be hyperglycemia-related polymorphisms of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, recurrent vaginitis and bladder dysfunction and so on. Renal infection in patients with chronic kidney disease may be associated with local defense deficiencies in the kidney itself.

3, the elderly physiological loss of appetite, this water to reduce. At the same time the elderly often because of the abuse of pain medication, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, easily lead to chronic pyelonephritis and chronic interstitial nephritis

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