Kist in the kidney of the fetus - causes and diagnosis of kidney failure of the unborn child

A kidney cyst in a fetus is a benign tumor on the kidney or in the kidney pelvis, which includes the walls and hollow space in which the serous fluid is located. This neoplasm is located in the upper or in the cortical layer of the kidney. The cyst in form can be spherical, ellipsoidal, and cysts are classified into single-chamber, simple and complex.

Causes of the formation of the cystic tumor

The formation of the fetal cyst is mainly characterized by the following etiological factors:

• Pathologies in the period of fetal development due to environmental factors - exposure to the mother's body, poor ecology, abuse of medicines at the stage of formation of the fetal urinary system,harmful mother's predilections and the impact on the mother's body of household chemicals.
• Hereditary factors. When a pathology is found in relatives of a fetus, the disease develops very often. On the manifestation of the disease, family members can make fairly accurate forecasts.
• Pathologies of the body at the cellular level that occur during the fertilization of the egg. This becomes possible due to non-compliance with the rules of contraception or an unplanned pregnancy.
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• Maternal infectious diseases or inflammations that are transmitted by the mother during the formation of fetal discharge organs.

Sometimes the cause of cyst formation in the fetus is never established.

How is the diagnosis of kidney damage in the fetus?

Modern medical equipment makes it possible to detect a cystic tumor as early as the fifteenth week of fetal formation. The main method of diagnosis is ultrasound examination. The doctor sets the number of cysts, their location, size, and is also able to analyze the safety of kidney function.

To signs of development of the disease in the fetus are also:

1. Compensatory hypertrophy of the kidney.
2. Violation of the homogeneity of the contours of the organ.
3. Hyperechoic tissue between cysts.

After the birth of a child, he immediately makes an ultrasound to clarify the diagnosis or analysis of kidney function. A month later, another ultrasound is performed.

Basic prevention methods

1. Preliminary pregnancy planning. The preparation of the entire female body for the bearing of the child must be carried out, and acute and chronic diseases should be treated.
2. Timely registration of a pregnant woman should be done on the 12th week of pregnancy. Also, a constant visit to the gynecologist is required, and at least three times the ultrasound for the entire period of bearing the child, usually in the following stages:
   • 10 - 14 week;
   • 20 - 24 week;
   • 32 - 34 week.
3. Women's rejection of harmful factors. Such as the use of alcohol, smoking, taking medications, the influence of household chemicals, stressful situations.
4. Doctors recommend avoiding abortions and in time to treat inflammations of the genitals.
5. Also in pregnancy, it is required to prevent any infectious disease of the body.

This is important! According to statistical data, at the present time cystic kidney tumors in the fetus are rare, and multiple cysts are generally considered unique unique cases. If such a diagnosis has occurred, it is important to follow the doctor's recommendations.

Modern medical science can effectively resist this pathology and when diagnosing the disease at an early stage the doctor can monitor the course of the process and intervene if necessary.

Forecasts and complications of the renal cyst

When forming single small formations that form in one of the kidneys, the predictions remain favorable. Doctors monitor that the cyst does not expand and does not affect the supply of nutrients to the kidneys. Children can safely appear with such a disease and most often do not need additional treatment. It will only be necessary to regularly diagnose, prevent the child from receiving injuries and injuring his body with infections.

In case of polycystosis, experts advise a woman to terminate her pregnancy. Such damage to the kidneys can provoke kidney failure, especially if the kidneys are both immediately ill. It becomes possible to maintain pregnancy, provided that immediate treatment is administered immediately after delivery. The additional negative side of polycystosis is the tendency to influence simultaneously several organs. When diagnosed in the liver and gallbladder, I can also diagnose cysts.

This is important! The most unfavorable predictions are set when the kidneys of the fetus are affected by multicystosis. Two-sided form is incompatible with life and pregnancy is interrupted even on long terms.

Complications can develop immediately after the birth of the child or in adulthood. The most frequent complications are the growth of the cyst, the pressure on the surrounding organs, the hemorrhages into the cyst cavity, the degeneration into a malignant tumor.

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