Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a common disease around the globe. As to the
young female patients with mild illness or stable condition after treatment,
there may have a desire to conceive babies. So, can they be pregnant? In the
following, this article will give suggestions to patients with several kinds of
CKD who are eager to be with children.
For the Patients with Primary acute nephritis who have been cured in clinic,
generally, pregnancy won’t arouse danger. However, the patients had better do it
after 3 years when the clinical symptoms have totally disappeared, and this will
be safer.Hot Compress Therapy for Kidney Disease Herbal Medicine and Kidney Disease Medicated Bath and Kidney Disease
Patients with Nephrotic Snydrome without complication of hypertension can be
pregnant after renal functions get normal. And during the pregnancy, the
patients may be also found the increase of proteinuria(Proteinuria and Kidney Disease), but the kidney disease
won’t deteriorate in most cases. However, if the patients present with obvious
decline of albumin blood, it may cause the underweight or preterm birth of the
fetus. Besides, patients with Nephrotic Snydrome should be alert to the
formation of thrombus during the pregnancy, for it may arouse lesions of other
parts of the body.Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD) Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD) Stage 4
Patients with glomerular nephritis are vulnerable to have pregnancy
hypertension to be pregnant when suffering from hypertension or mild azotemia.
What’s worse, this usually causing embryonic death. Therefore, careful
consideration is necessary for the patients with Glomerular Nephritis before
determining to have a baby. And, once pregnancy hypertension occurs in early
period of pregnancy, the patients should abandon this pregnancy immediately.
Even if continuing pregnancy, the embryo is hard to survive, and it is quite
likely to aggravate the patients’ disease condition.Why Do Nephrotic Syndrome Patients Have Swollen Feet
Patients with other kidney disease, such as IgA Nephropathy, Diabetic Nephropathy, Lupus Nephritis, should pay high attention to prevent the
occurrence of pregnancy hypertension during the course of pregnancy, and having
regular tests in hospital is very necessary. Therefore, admission of the doctors
before conceiving babies and close medical monitoring during pregnancy are
absolutely essential.
In conclusion, patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) should carefully weighed before determining
to have babies, and if present with the following conditions, pregnancy is never
acceptable:
① High Blood Pressure(High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease): It will arouse some complications during pregnancy,
such as heart failure.
② For patients with moderate damage of kidney, and the creatinine is
123-265μmol/L, pregancy will aggravate the kidney disease and decline of renal
functions.
③ For patients with severe kidney disease, creatinine >265μmol/L and blood
urea nitrogen >11mmol/L, pregnancy may threaten their lives.