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Can taking lithium in male cause ebstein abnormality in offspring. Whats its likelihood . . . . . . .
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Hello. No. A make taking lithium would not cause ebsteins anomaly in the baby. It's only when the monther takes it, that too during the first 3 months of pregnancy that it can occur. And even then too the risk is pretty small.
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Ebstein anomoly can occur when the expecting mother is taking lithium during pregnancy. It has no relationship with lithium use by father. There is no Chance of exposure to developing fetus in case of male consumption and therefore cannot cause.
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no side effects are seen in offspring if the male is prescribed lithium. but if you are suffering from any mental illness it can have a genetic predispostion
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Taking lithium by male patients doesn't have any abnormality in his child. If a female takes it during her pregnancy, then there are 0.4 percent chances in her child
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