Diet and nutrition are an important part of living well with kidney disease. As your kidney disease progresses, your dietary needs will likely change as well. Click on the appropriate stage below to learn more about diet and kidney disease.
Tocolytics are drugs that minimize the strength and number of contractions. Although an ideal goal would be to stop preterm labor completely, the most that can be reasonably expected from current tocolytics is a delay of 48 hours. This delay allows time for treatment with steroids and antibiotics.
However, there are no medications or surgical procedures to stop preterm labor, once it has started. In some cases, preterm labor associated with problems such as an infection or smoking can be managed by treating the infection or quitting smoking. Preterm labor could lead to premature birth. This can pose a number of health concerns, such as low birth weight, breathing difficulties, underdeveloped organs and vision problems.