Will having nephritis affect my ability to get pregnant?

The kidneys are very important organs in the body, and their functions are essential for maintaining life. For example, the kidneys can regulate the body's water and electrolytes, keeping the body in optimal health. The kidneys are also an organ that is prone to disease and have a particularly large impact on the body. For example, will nephritis affect the ability to become pregnant? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

First of all, it should be made clear that from a physiological point of view, the human reproductive organs do not include the kidneys. In other words, they are responsible for excreting metabolic products, maintaining water and electrolyte balance, and have endocrine functions. They are not directly involved in the formation and excretion of sperm and egg cells, and generally do not affect the sexual life and fertility of the couple.

For male patients, it is generally believed that nephritis does not have much impact on their fertility, but related studies have also shown that the sperm quality of nephritis patients is lower than that of healthy men of the same age. This may be related to abnormal renal function in nephritis, which leads to the accumulation of metabolites and toxins in the body. The metabolic toxins in patients with chronic nephritis may damage sperm cells, reduce their survival rate and motility, and increase the rate of sperm deformity.

For female patients, whether they are suitable for childbearing after suffering from kidney disease is a complex issue. In addition to the health of the mother, it is also related to many aspects such as the development of the fetus and genetic tendencies. Some of these issues are still controversial and cannot be answered clearly. Generally speaking, women in the active stage of chronic nephritis, chronic nephritis accompanied by severe hypertension, and chronic renal insufficiency should not give birth, because rest is important for the treatment of chronic nephritis, and pregnancy can prolong the disease or even worsen it, and lead to a sharp decline in renal function.

There are still differences of opinion on the inheritance of nephritis. The occurrence of nephritis does have a "family tendency", but there is no relevant research to prove that nephritis will definitely be inherited. Therefore, from the perspective of eugenics, nephritis is not a basis for not having children.