How Can Kidney Patients Become A Mother

Women with kidney disease also want to be a mother but when they get pregnant, they are very fearful. So is it possible for kidney patients to be a mother?

The effect of pregnancy to kidney disease

Chronic glomerulonephritis and interstitial nephritis

Pregnancy to women with chronic glomerulonephritis and intestitial nephritis but with no high blood pressure has no bad effect. But urinary tract infection is easy to occur.

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Pregnancy can cause mild kidney function damage and high blood pressure

Diabetic Nephropathy

Pregnant women with Diabetic Nephropathy can suffer from swelling, preelampsia and infection. But pregnancy has no effect on kidney damage.

Chronic nephropyelitis

The prognosis is good after over 6 weeks of this disease ending. After giving a birth, steroid dosage needs to be increased.

Lupus Nephritis

In pregnant period, bacteriuria can occur and it also can lead to deterioration of preexisting disease.

Urinary calculus

Urinary tract infection easily occurs.

Nephrectomy or ectopic kidney

It usually can bear pregnancy. Dystocia rarely occurs.

How do kidney patients take medicines during pregnancy?

General kidney patients do not need to take steroids during pregnancy period. Patients with kidney transplant, Lupus Nephritis and Purpura Nephritis can take small dosage of steroids to keep treatment.

Lipid-lowering medicine

During pregnancy, lipid-lowering medicine can lead to malformations of fetal central nervous system. Patients should avoid taking this medicine except for severe hyperlipemia.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like Fenbuterol, etoposide, flopidoprofen, ibuprofen, gluconate, rifedin and sodium ethoxynaphthate can be taken in early pregnancy but should be avoided in late pregnancy.

As long as you follow our suggestion, you can have a healthy baby with kidney problem. Contact us via kidneycares@hotmail.com and 008618330110929.