Can patients with Lupus Nephritis conceive? This is a question which most
young ladies with Lupus Nephritis are concerned about. Generally, they are not
suggested to be pregnant. The risks they put forward are as follows:
Firstly, pregnancy will influence the fetus a lot, which may even lead to
abortion and premature birth, giving sorrow to the family members as well as the
lady. There is a statistics that the abortion rate is as high as 23.7 and the
premature rate is as high as 30%.
Secondly, when lady with Lupus Nephritis are pregnant, the two kidneys will
function for two persons, which will lead the kidney to work more and even
suffer from more pressuring. In this case, protein in urine may be more. And
hematuria will also appear or worsen. What’s worse, during this process, blood
pressure will become high as well with the deterioration of kidney function.
Thirdly, the medicine lady with Lupus Nephritis are took in during pregnancy
or conceiving will do harm to the fetus as well, especially the western
medicine. There will be chemical reaction in ladies’ body if they take in
western medicine.
If ladies with Lupus Nephritis have had been pregnant, what should they pay
attention to or be aware of?
1. If ladies find out that their blood pressure increases, they should treat
it or stop pregnancy.
2. Monitor the growth of the fetus. If fetus are found to have been trapped
in the mother’s body, mothers should stop conceiving.
3. Have enough sleep and diet. Proper diet can decrease the recurrence of
Lupus Nephritis. Enough rest can also avoid the activity of Lupus Nephritis.
As for the treatment, ladies with Lupus Nephritis are suggested to have
immune therapy, for lupus is a kind of self-immune disease. In Shijiazhuang
Kidney Disease Hospital, the immune therapy can be divided into six steps:
scientific diagnosis, immune inhibition, immune tolerance, immune adjustment,
immune protection and immune clearance.
When should they consider conceiving?
1. After the treatment, all the levels turn normal such as proteinuria,
hematuria, blood pressure and so on.
2.Half a year after ladies stop the medicine, they can consider having a
baby. Although they stop the medicine, the drug which accumulated in the body
can also do harm to the body. So half a year later, it will be OK.
