Having a healthy baby is a happy thing for all families. However, women on
dialysis often wonder whether dialysis affects their chances of getting pregnant
and the health of their babies. Here the experts point out that generally
pregnancy is not recommended for women on dialysis.
As kidney disease can decrease their ability to have children, over 90% of
women on dialysis can not get pregnant. Moreover, their body can not secrete
hormone normally so some women on dialysis may not menstruate on periods
regularly.
Moreover, pregnancy for women on dialysis can bring much risk to babies. As
our kidneys can filtrate the produced wastes and extra water out of bodies.
Therefore, we can keep a favorable internal environment thus maintaining our
normal physiological activities. However, the kidney disease patients usually
receive about 12 hour’s dialysis per week so it only replaces a portion of
kidney function. The women on dialysis stay in a higher level of wastes products
than those with good renal functions. The polluted internal body environment can
affect the healthy growth and development of the babies.
Moreover, during pregnancy, the babies release much wastes into mother’ blood
stream. Therefore, it will cause extra pressure to their kidneys. Therefore, in
order to keep the blood clean, they have to increase the times of dialysis.
If a woman on dialysis wishes to have a baby, she should consult her doctors
about her individual condition. She should know the potential risks and take
protective measures so as to keep the women and baby healthy.
If a woman has recently started dialysis and still has a fair amount of
residual renal function or if she had a transplant without serious rejection and
with a stable renal function, the chances of getting pregnant are higher.
However, the patients should know that pregnancy is not recommended for at least
one year after a kidney transplant even with stable renal function.
Dialysis can affect the health of both mother and babies. Therefore, the
patients should make a detailed plan before getting pregnancy.
Know the causes and alleviate the symptoms are very important for kidney disease treatment,especially for IgA, Renal Failure, PKD, Renal Cysts, Diabetic Nephropathy.
2016年1月15日星期五
Dialysis: Is It a Perfect Therapy for Patients with Renal Failure
Dialysis is an important substitutive therapy for patients with Renal
Failure. With their renal function declining, the toxins produced will build up
in the blood stream and reach dangerous levels. In order to prolong their lives,
the patients have to adopt dialysis therapy. However, is dialysis a perfect
therapy for patients with Renal Failure?
Frankly speaking, dialysis actually brings many benefits to patients on dialysis. It does bring a measured amount of relief from the buildup of wastes and water in their bodies so as to maintain their lives.
However, dialysis is just like a curse because without it the patients may die in only days. The patients have to give their living right totally to a machine, which brings much pressure to both mind and body. They have to disturb their routine life schedule, have to give up wonderful activities and so on. Moreover, some patients think that they become a burden to their families, which put great psychological pressure on their patients themselves.
What’s worse, dialysis can not improve their renal function at all. Although it clears the wastes in their bodies, it can not repair the damaged kidney cells. As a result, their kidneys just like worn machines, as they do not have repaired very well, they will lose their functions further. At that time, there is no other option but kidney transplant.
In addition, dialysis causes a series of complications such as hypotension, infection, dizziness, and anemia and so on. These complications bring excessive torment to patients. However, that is not to say dialysis is not useful. If the patient's body have a lot of waste product, and his kidneys have damaged seriously which can't discharge the waste product. At that time, patient should receive dialysis. If the patient's kidneys are not damaged seriously, and he can discharge the waste product by himself, he don't need to undergo dialysis.
Therefore, if the patients should adopt the proper treatment to avoid the dialysis when their illness condition is not very seriously.
Frankly speaking, dialysis actually brings many benefits to patients on dialysis. It does bring a measured amount of relief from the buildup of wastes and water in their bodies so as to maintain their lives.
However, dialysis is just like a curse because without it the patients may die in only days. The patients have to give their living right totally to a machine, which brings much pressure to both mind and body. They have to disturb their routine life schedule, have to give up wonderful activities and so on. Moreover, some patients think that they become a burden to their families, which put great psychological pressure on their patients themselves.
What’s worse, dialysis can not improve their renal function at all. Although it clears the wastes in their bodies, it can not repair the damaged kidney cells. As a result, their kidneys just like worn machines, as they do not have repaired very well, they will lose their functions further. At that time, there is no other option but kidney transplant.
In addition, dialysis causes a series of complications such as hypotension, infection, dizziness, and anemia and so on. These complications bring excessive torment to patients. However, that is not to say dialysis is not useful. If the patient's body have a lot of waste product, and his kidneys have damaged seriously which can't discharge the waste product. At that time, patient should receive dialysis. If the patient's kidneys are not damaged seriously, and he can discharge the waste product by himself, he don't need to undergo dialysis.
Therefore, if the patients should adopt the proper treatment to avoid the dialysis when their illness condition is not very seriously.
How Do People Get Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic disease. It is passed to
children by gene through two forms: Autosomal Dominate PKD (ADPKD) and Autosomal
Recessive PKD (ARPKD).
Autosomal Dominate PKD (ADPKD) is more common than Autosomal Recessive PKD (ARPKD). It is passed down to children with 50% of chance of inheriting to both boys and girls from an affected mother or father. However, if both father and mother are affected by PKD, the genetic rate will go up to 75%. The children get the disease by receiving one copy of a dominant gene of PKD from a parent. Generally, the persons with ADPKD usually do not have symptoms until reaching between 30~40 years old. Therefore, if a person has a family history of PKD, they should do check regularly so as to find the disease and receive treatment in the first time. Moreover, the main symptoms of PKD include high blood pressure, blood in urine and back pain. If someone with a family history of PKD has the mentioned symptoms, they should find out whether they are caused by PKD.
Autosomal Recessive PKD is a rare disease, which is mainly found in infants and sometimes even before birth. Only if both parents of carriers of ARPKD gene, it will be passed down to their children with 25% of chance. “Recessive” means that the parents only carry the gene of PKD, but the disease does not break out in their whole life. If a baby is affected by ARPKD, he usually dies within several days and even several hours after birth. Only in rare cases, he can grow up to teenager.
However, there are still some patients without a family history of PKD, but have a gene that mutated causing the disease.
As a genetic disease, there is no cure for PKD at present. Therefore, about half of patients will develop into End Stage Renal Failure. it is very important for patients to receive effective treatment as early as possible so as to prevent their disease progression in time.
Autosomal Dominate PKD (ADPKD) is more common than Autosomal Recessive PKD (ARPKD). It is passed down to children with 50% of chance of inheriting to both boys and girls from an affected mother or father. However, if both father and mother are affected by PKD, the genetic rate will go up to 75%. The children get the disease by receiving one copy of a dominant gene of PKD from a parent. Generally, the persons with ADPKD usually do not have symptoms until reaching between 30~40 years old. Therefore, if a person has a family history of PKD, they should do check regularly so as to find the disease and receive treatment in the first time. Moreover, the main symptoms of PKD include high blood pressure, blood in urine and back pain. If someone with a family history of PKD has the mentioned symptoms, they should find out whether they are caused by PKD.
Autosomal Recessive PKD is a rare disease, which is mainly found in infants and sometimes even before birth. Only if both parents of carriers of ARPKD gene, it will be passed down to their children with 25% of chance. “Recessive” means that the parents only carry the gene of PKD, but the disease does not break out in their whole life. If a baby is affected by ARPKD, he usually dies within several days and even several hours after birth. Only in rare cases, he can grow up to teenager.
However, there are still some patients without a family history of PKD, but have a gene that mutated causing the disease.
As a genetic disease, there is no cure for PKD at present. Therefore, about half of patients will develop into End Stage Renal Failure. it is very important for patients to receive effective treatment as early as possible so as to prevent their disease progression in time.
Patients with Kidney Disease Should Keep a Low Potassium Diet
Potassium is an important mineral that keep the water and electrolyte balance
in body. It is mainly obtained from what we eat. In normal cases, our kidneys
can remove the excess potassium out of body so as to keep a normal level in
body.
However, for the patients with Kidney Disease, as their renal function declines, potassium may build up in their bodies. As a result, high potassium will cause hyperkalemia. It mainly can be found among patients with advanced stage of chronic kidney disease. Hyperkalemia can cause many bad effects to patients such as nausea, irregular heartbeat, slow pulse and even sudden death. Therefore, it is very important for patients to keep a low potassium diet and remove the excessive potassium out of their bodies.
Dialysis is an effective therapy to regulate potassium for patients with end stage renal failure. If the patients adopt peritoneal or daily home hemodialysis, generally their potassium can keep within the normal level. However, if the patients do intermittent hemodialysis about three times a week in the dialysis center, their potassium level will increase between dialysis. Therefore, the patients should limit the high potassium food intake before next dialysis. The common foods that contain high potassium include potato, banana, peach, rape and so on. In daily life, the patients with kidney disease should avoid eating the above foods.
A healthy diet is an important assistant therapy for patients with kidney disease. Therefore, the patients should make a personalize diet plan based on their local dietary habits under their doctors’ guidance.
However, for the patients with Kidney Disease, as their renal function declines, potassium may build up in their bodies. As a result, high potassium will cause hyperkalemia. It mainly can be found among patients with advanced stage of chronic kidney disease. Hyperkalemia can cause many bad effects to patients such as nausea, irregular heartbeat, slow pulse and even sudden death. Therefore, it is very important for patients to keep a low potassium diet and remove the excessive potassium out of their bodies.
Dialysis is an effective therapy to regulate potassium for patients with end stage renal failure. If the patients adopt peritoneal or daily home hemodialysis, generally their potassium can keep within the normal level. However, if the patients do intermittent hemodialysis about three times a week in the dialysis center, their potassium level will increase between dialysis. Therefore, the patients should limit the high potassium food intake before next dialysis. The common foods that contain high potassium include potato, banana, peach, rape and so on. In daily life, the patients with kidney disease should avoid eating the above foods.
A healthy diet is an important assistant therapy for patients with kidney disease. Therefore, the patients should make a personalize diet plan based on their local dietary habits under their doctors’ guidance.
How Long Can You Live with Uremia
How long can I live once I am diagnosed with Uremia? All patients with Uremia
must be concerned with this issues very much. In fact, the answer to the
question is mainly up to when and what therapy they choose.
An early effective treatment is the key of living a long life for patients with Uremia. With the disease aggression , the glomeruli are damaged extensively thus losing their normal filtrating function. As a result, a mass of uremic toxins will build up in body, which not only can cause damage to kidneys, but also leads to a series of complications such as anemia, cardiovascular diseases, skin diseases, bone diseases and so on. Those complications will certainly accelerate the disease progression thus shortening the patients’ life expectancy. However, if the patients with Uremia can receive early and proper treatments, they will be able decline the renal damage and prevent the complications.
However,there is no effective therapy in the conventional therapies for Uremia but dialysis and kidney transplant.
Dialysis is an important substitutive for patients with Uremia. It can eliminate the uremic toxins in body as to maintain patients' life. However, it can not improve the patients' renal function at all. With the further decline in renal function, the patients have to increase the frequency of dialysis. Moreover, the complications of dialysis, irregular dialysis, and inadequate dialysis and so on are important factors in damaging their living quality and shortening their life expectancy.
Another choice for patients with Uremia is kidney transplant. A successful kidney transplant can make patients live a longer life. However, in some cases, the transplanted kidneys may fail in a short time for the serious rejection reaction. What's worse, some patients even die during their waiting for kidney donor.
Therefore, in order to avoid the disadvantages of dialysis and kidney transplant.The patients with Uremia should repair the damaged glomeruli and preserve their residual renal function so as to maintain their renal function to the most extent.
As patient's bodily internal environment is polluted by the uremic toxins, it is very necessary to build a favorable environment for repairing the damaged glomeruli in the first step. Then on the base, the patients can receive the next treatment to repair their damaged glomeruli.
If the patients can get a timely and effective Uremia treatment, they will be able to live a longer life. If you want to get a personalized and proper therapeutic plan based on your own disease condition, please consult us on line or email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com.
An early effective treatment is the key of living a long life for patients with Uremia. With the disease aggression , the glomeruli are damaged extensively thus losing their normal filtrating function. As a result, a mass of uremic toxins will build up in body, which not only can cause damage to kidneys, but also leads to a series of complications such as anemia, cardiovascular diseases, skin diseases, bone diseases and so on. Those complications will certainly accelerate the disease progression thus shortening the patients’ life expectancy. However, if the patients with Uremia can receive early and proper treatments, they will be able decline the renal damage and prevent the complications.
However,there is no effective therapy in the conventional therapies for Uremia but dialysis and kidney transplant.
Dialysis is an important substitutive for patients with Uremia. It can eliminate the uremic toxins in body as to maintain patients' life. However, it can not improve the patients' renal function at all. With the further decline in renal function, the patients have to increase the frequency of dialysis. Moreover, the complications of dialysis, irregular dialysis, and inadequate dialysis and so on are important factors in damaging their living quality and shortening their life expectancy.
Another choice for patients with Uremia is kidney transplant. A successful kidney transplant can make patients live a longer life. However, in some cases, the transplanted kidneys may fail in a short time for the serious rejection reaction. What's worse, some patients even die during their waiting for kidney donor.
Therefore, in order to avoid the disadvantages of dialysis and kidney transplant.The patients with Uremia should repair the damaged glomeruli and preserve their residual renal function so as to maintain their renal function to the most extent.
As patient's bodily internal environment is polluted by the uremic toxins, it is very necessary to build a favorable environment for repairing the damaged glomeruli in the first step. Then on the base, the patients can receive the next treatment to repair their damaged glomeruli.
If the patients can get a timely and effective Uremia treatment, they will be able to live a longer life. If you want to get a personalized and proper therapeutic plan based on your own disease condition, please consult us on line or email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com.
2016年1月14日星期四
Should Women Get Pregnant after Kidney Transplant
Can I have a healthy baby after kidney transplant? All childbearing women are
concerned about this issue very much. The experts point out that if kidney
transplant is successful, they can give birth to a healthy baby.
With the recovery of renal function after kidney transplant, they can recover their ovulation, menstruation and sexual desire. If the women meet the following requirements, they can get pregnant.
1. Their transplanted kidneys and physical condition are well in 18 months after kidney transplant.
2. The serum creatinine is less than 177 mmol/L (2grams/dl).
3. The patients do not have hypertension or proteinuria.
4. They just need microdose of immunosuppressant to resist the rejection reaction.
5. There is no seeper in pelvis and kidney calices or expanding of pelvis and kidney calices.
The women had better choose to get pregnancy between 2~5 years after kidney transplant. This is because the patients are very likely to lose renal function within 2 years after kidney transplant for acute rejection reaction. In addition, the incidence of chronic rejection reaction will increase 5 years later after kidney transplant. Some patients may be affected by obviously increased high blood pressure. If the patients get pregnant during this period, about 42 % of them have to terminate pregnancy, or abort spontaneously or have therapeutic abortion. Terminating pregnancy is mainly caused by instable condition of transplanted kidney, aggravation of renal function, unintended pregnancy and so on.
In addition, ectopic pregnancy may also occur, but with a low incidence. In the thirtieth week of pregnancy, glomerular filtration rate may decline temporarily so about 40% of patients usually have proteinuria. However, in most cases, the proteinuria will disappear after birth.
During pregnancy, the incidence of acute rejection reaction is 9% that is the same with the non-pregnancy patients. However, if the acute rejection reaction causes the renal function to decline, usually they should terminate pregnancy. If the liver and renal functions go well, they do not decline their dosage of immunosuppressant. If the pregnant women do not have serious complications after ten weeks of pregnancy, most of them can deliver their babies normally.
If a woman plan to get pregnant after kidney transplant, they should ask for advises from their doctors. Moreover, they should keep follow-up during their pregnancy so as to guarantee the health of mother and baby. If you want to get more professional advices about your pregnancy, please consult us on line or email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com. Hope you can have a healthy baby.
With the recovery of renal function after kidney transplant, they can recover their ovulation, menstruation and sexual desire. If the women meet the following requirements, they can get pregnant.
1. Their transplanted kidneys and physical condition are well in 18 months after kidney transplant.
2. The serum creatinine is less than 177 mmol/L (2grams/dl).
3. The patients do not have hypertension or proteinuria.
4. They just need microdose of immunosuppressant to resist the rejection reaction.
5. There is no seeper in pelvis and kidney calices or expanding of pelvis and kidney calices.
The women had better choose to get pregnancy between 2~5 years after kidney transplant. This is because the patients are very likely to lose renal function within 2 years after kidney transplant for acute rejection reaction. In addition, the incidence of chronic rejection reaction will increase 5 years later after kidney transplant. Some patients may be affected by obviously increased high blood pressure. If the patients get pregnant during this period, about 42 % of them have to terminate pregnancy, or abort spontaneously or have therapeutic abortion. Terminating pregnancy is mainly caused by instable condition of transplanted kidney, aggravation of renal function, unintended pregnancy and so on.
In addition, ectopic pregnancy may also occur, but with a low incidence. In the thirtieth week of pregnancy, glomerular filtration rate may decline temporarily so about 40% of patients usually have proteinuria. However, in most cases, the proteinuria will disappear after birth.
During pregnancy, the incidence of acute rejection reaction is 9% that is the same with the non-pregnancy patients. However, if the acute rejection reaction causes the renal function to decline, usually they should terminate pregnancy. If the liver and renal functions go well, they do not decline their dosage of immunosuppressant. If the pregnant women do not have serious complications after ten weeks of pregnancy, most of them can deliver their babies normally.
If a woman plan to get pregnant after kidney transplant, they should ask for advises from their doctors. Moreover, they should keep follow-up during their pregnancy so as to guarantee the health of mother and baby. If you want to get more professional advices about your pregnancy, please consult us on line or email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com. Hope you can have a healthy baby.
Clinical Symptoms of Chronic Glomerularnephritis
Chronic Glomerularnephritis is not an independent disease, but a group of
diseases with the similar clinical symptoms. It mainly has the following
clinical symptoms.
1. Edema
Edema usually occurs in eyelids, faces and low limbs. Generally, the patients only have mild or moderate edema. However, some patients may have systemic edema and even ascites.
2. Abnormal urine
Most of the patients with Chronic Glomerularnephritis have protein or/and blood cells in urine. However, some patients only have mild urine abnormality and even do not have. The amount of protein and blood in urine do not parallel with disease severity. Therefore, having no proteinuria or hematuria does not mean you do not have any kidney damage.
3. High blood pressure
In most cases, the patients with Chronic Glomerularnephritis are accompanied with high blood pressure, which can aggravate the disease progression. Moreover, serious high blood pressure even may cause acute renal failure, and even brain, heart damage and vision damage.
4. Renal insufficiency
Serum creatinine is an important index in assessing renal function. However, it can not reflect the renal damage sensitively. Only when the patients lose more than half of their renal function, will the creatinine level increase.
In addition, the patients with Chronic Glomerularnephritis also have anemia, excessive urination at noght and so on. The patients may have edema, high blood pressure and abnormal urine at the same time, but they may only have one of them. Some patients may have renal damage, but do not have any symptoms. Therefore, although the incidence of Chronic Glomerularnephritis is high, many patients can not get early diagnosis and treatment.
Therefore, if possible, all people should physical examination regularly so as to find all diseases in the first time and receive relative treatment in time.
1. Edema
Edema usually occurs in eyelids, faces and low limbs. Generally, the patients only have mild or moderate edema. However, some patients may have systemic edema and even ascites.
2. Abnormal urine
Most of the patients with Chronic Glomerularnephritis have protein or/and blood cells in urine. However, some patients only have mild urine abnormality and even do not have. The amount of protein and blood in urine do not parallel with disease severity. Therefore, having no proteinuria or hematuria does not mean you do not have any kidney damage.
3. High blood pressure
In most cases, the patients with Chronic Glomerularnephritis are accompanied with high blood pressure, which can aggravate the disease progression. Moreover, serious high blood pressure even may cause acute renal failure, and even brain, heart damage and vision damage.
4. Renal insufficiency
Serum creatinine is an important index in assessing renal function. However, it can not reflect the renal damage sensitively. Only when the patients lose more than half of their renal function, will the creatinine level increase.
In addition, the patients with Chronic Glomerularnephritis also have anemia, excessive urination at noght and so on. The patients may have edema, high blood pressure and abnormal urine at the same time, but they may only have one of them. Some patients may have renal damage, but do not have any symptoms. Therefore, although the incidence of Chronic Glomerularnephritis is high, many patients can not get early diagnosis and treatment.
Therefore, if possible, all people should physical examination regularly so as to find all diseases in the first time and receive relative treatment in time.
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