How COVID-19 effect of Kidney Failure Patients?


The global pandemic is not hidden from anyone now. It affected the people of china only but later affected the whole nation. It was WHO (World Health Organisation) that named novel coronavirus as COVID-19. Most of us must be aware by now that how it affects and what can be the results but what we are escaping to know that it can worsen the health and medical case of a dialysis patient. As we all know that coronavirus attacks people easily who have low immunity levels.

A kidney patient who is undergoing the procedure of dialysis will have lower counts of immunity level. The patient must be battling with kidney disease and henceforth becomes more vulnerable to overburdened with the complications of this serious infection. India witnessed a second death case because of coronavirus in the lady aged 69 years old from Janakpuri, Delhi. According to the news published on the web portal of ‘India Today’, the news stated ‘She was a known case of diabetes and hypertension. Her sample was collected on March 8. Her condition worsened on March 9 with the development of pneumonia and she was shifted to the intensive care unit. Her sample also tested positive for Covid-19. Since March 9, she was having respiratory fluctuations and was provided ventilatory support. However, due to co-morbid conditions, she died on March 13 at RML Hospital, Delhi as confirmed by the treating Physician and Medical Superintendent’

It is a true statement that COVID-19 affects the respiratory system first and is a major threat but it is equally important to understand the fact ‘it can affect the body of kidney failure patient.’ As seen in the case of 69 years old lady, she lost her life because of the medical history of diabetes and high blood pressure. Both these factors affect the functioning of kidneys and make them fall under numerous clinical conditions. COVID-19 is a serious threat to the lives of a dialysis patient and can complicate the treatment of renal failure. Kidneys are the prime organs that come in contact with everything that the body consumes either by eating or inoculating.

The treatment of COVID-19 includes heavy doses and strong chemically made medicines that kidneys may support or not. In such a delicate condition, the risks of losing lives by the addition of pandemic novel coronavirus may worsen the condition. This virus can be said that is an acute loss to the functioning of multiple organs including the failed kidneys in a kidney failure patient.

Here are some verified facts about the pandemic COVID-19:

  • First: 91.7% of SARS patients with Acute Kidney Failure died. (Source: Studies of Kidney International in 2005)
  • Second: After the SARS outbreak, the reports of WHO showed that the virus was found in kidneys’ tubules.
  • Third: If the group of viruses penetrates and replicates, the condition can be lethal and fatal. (Source: Kar Neng Lai, University of Hong Kong)
Understanding the effect of COVID-19 on kidney failure patients:
Looking at the epidemic graph of coronavirus, thousands of people have lost their lives by now. The antidotes are being made across the globe and hopefully, we are likely to get that soon. 90% of the patients suffer from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and for the same; it is considered only as of the problem in respiratory problems. The mucus occurring at the time of cough, cold & flu blocks the passage of airways and reduces the supply of oxygen to the organs.

These blocked passages then fail to deliver the oxygen needed by kidneys and henceforth may become a case of kidney failure. Almost 6% of SARS patients end up with Acute Kidney Failure or Acute Kidney Injury. Kidneys that filter gallons of blood every day get affected by this novel coronavirus or CVOID-19 reaches the stage of Acute Renal Failure. An average-sized human kidney consists of 8, 00,000 nephrons or the distilling units may get in call of inflammation leading to the fatal conditions.

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