Women’s short, wide urethra and proximity to the anus make them more susceptible to urinary tract infections, which cause pyelonephritis when pathogens travel up to the renal pelvis. As a result, women are more likely to develop pyelonephritis than men.
However, pyelonephritis itself is not a serious infectious disease and with timely and standardised treatment, most patients can be cured and there will be no sequelae.