Can I get pregnant if I have kidney disease?

It is best for patients with kidney disease not to get pregnant. Pregnancy will affect the treatment of kidney disease, making treatment more difficult and the kidney disease unable to meet the physiological needs of pregnancy. Therefore, it is best for patients with kidney disease not to prepare for conception. Chronic nephritis is accompanied by increased blood pressure, which increases the complications of pregnancy. Even if conception is successful, it will cause fetal malformations. Therefore, everyone should pay attention to it and avoid conception during the abnormal stage of the body.

Can I get pregnant if I have chronic nephritis?

After pregnancy, the body's blood circulation volume increases by about 30% compared to before, and the kidney filtration rate also increases by 30% to 40% accordingly. If the kidneys are diseased and cannot adapt to the physiological needs of pregnancy, the burden on the kidneys will be increased, which is likely to promote the deterioration of kidney disease. Not only that, if the kidney disease is severe, it will interfere with the continuation of pregnancy. Pregnant women with chronic nephritis and high blood pressure often have placental dysfunction and insufficient blood supply to the fetus, which may lead to intrauterine growth retardation and stillbirth. For pregnant women with severe nephritis, the fetal mortality rate can reach 50%.

The pregnancy process will be safer for women with chronic nephritis when they meet the following three conditions. The nephritis condition is stable, and there is no urinary tract infection (whether the condition is stable should be concluded by a nephrologist); serum creatinine is within the normal range; multiple blood pressure measurements are all within the normal range. If a renal biopsy is performed, the glomerular tissue changes should be mild. In addition, women with chronic nephritis should have regular follow-up visits after becoming pregnant and should not take it lightly.

What are the causes of chronic nephritis?

First, asymptomatic bacteriuria, influenza, pharyngitis, tracheobronchitis, etc. can aggravate the symptoms of chronic nephritis.

Second, excessive fatigue is also one of the causes of chronic nephritis. According to clinical verification, excessive fatigue is also a major cause of chronic nephritis. Overwork (such as heavy physical labor and strenuous exercise), driving at night, and even sexual intercourse can all make chronic nephritis worse.

Third, stress state: stress state mainly refers to various reasons for the body's external overload, such as sudden gastrointestinal bleeding, severe gastroenteritis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension, anaphylactic shock, etc., which exceed the body's stress capacity. It mainly refers to the adrenal cortex's emergency adjustment of the secretion of adrenal cortical hormones in order to cope with sudden stimulation. Various stress states can cause chronic nephritis to worsen acutely.

In short, it is possible to get pregnant with chronic nephritis as long as you take timely and patient care. At the same time, patients with chronic nephritis should pay attention to their diet, eat a low-protein, low-phosphorus diet, eat more easily digestible foods, eat more pumpkin, milk, fish, eggs, etc., and avoid eating heavy-tasting foods.