What to do with hydronephrosis after pregnancy

Don't worry too much about hydronephrosis after pregnancy. While conducting active pregnancy tests, you need to also do urinary color ultrasound to monitor the changes of hydronephrosis.

Because after pregnancy, as the fetus develops in the uterus, the uterus becomes larger and larger., will press on the rear ureter. The pressure on the ureter will cause urine in the upper renal pelvis to be unable to descend through the ureter, bladder and urethra, causing hydronephrosis. Therefore, active monitoring is needed.

If the hydronephrosis remains within a certain range and does not progressively worsen, then the hydronephrosis will naturally subside after pregnancy and delivery. If the hydronephrosis worsens progressively, indicating that the compression is severe, you can go to the urology department to place a ureteral stent to drain the urine in the renal pelvis to prevent the hydronephrosis from progressively worsening, which will lead to significant damage to kidney function.

After pregnancy and delivery, the ureteral stent can be removed, but urinary color ultrasound monitoring needs to be reviewed every six months.