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Can Kidney Infection Cause Severe Migraines?
Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney and the ureters, the ducts that carry urine away from the kidney.
Alternative Names
Urinary tract infection - complicated; Infection - kidney; Complicated urinary tract infection; Kidney infection
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Pyelonephritis most often occurs as a result of
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