With regard to women patients, whether they can conceive is a very concerned
question. Generally, those women with IgA nephropathy can conceive, however,
such kind of patients with uncontrolled hypertension and GFR below70ml/min or
serious glomeruli artery lesion and renal interstitium lesion may take higher
risk of abnormal renal function if in pregnancy.
If women with IgA nephropathy posses the following conditions, they can't
conceive:
1) Nephrotic syndrome lowers plasma protein, resulting in fetus
hypoevolutismus and premature.
2) Patients with medium renal insufficiency bear high incidence of
bradygenesis and slink. And their renal functions may worsen progressively.
3) While patients with secondary kidney disease like lupus nephritis are in
gestation period, their illness condition can be induced or be worsened. So they
should be cautious.
4) As for patients with diabetes, after conceiving the pregnancy, it is
easier for them to bring about preeclampsia, premature birth, fetal anomaly,
macrosomia, fetus Respiratory distress syndrome and so on. So they are not
suggested to conceive.
However, with the instruction of doctors of nephropathy, if illness condition
of patients is steady with normal blood pressure and renal functions and the
patients are eager for having a baby, the success rate of pregnancy is above
95%. If patients conceive, they should take examinations regularly after
pregnancy. After 32 weeks of pregnancy, they should take examinations once a
week mainly including urinary routine exam, blood pressure, the quantity of
Proteinuria in 24hs, renal function and fetus condition.
In conclusion, it is possible to be pregnant for patients with IGA nephropathy. So don't be worried much too!
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