Patient's question:
My husband has polycystic kidney disease, which is a congenital genetic disorder. So after the divorce, I've never dared to have children. Now that I'm getting older, I want to have a child. How can someone with polycystic kidney disease have children?Doctor's answer:
This situation can allow for childbirth because whether the patient is male or female, kidney function is generally normal during the early stages of marriage and childbearing, and kidney cysts are also not prominent. This creates conditions for patients with kidney cysts to have children. In fact, pregnancy and childbirth for such patients do not necessarily cause significant kidney damage, so many patients can successfully have children. However, for the sake of healthy and optimal reproduction, it is generally recommended that these patients undergo genetic screening and amniotic fluid tests during pregnancy to rule out the possibility of the child carrying such a gene.