Half of COVID patients have damage to this vital body, a new study indicates
And more than a third of the patients of the study do not regain normal function.
In the last seven months, experts have been expertsConduct research on the new coronavirus who plans the world. With brand new viruses, there are many unknown - and coronavirus seems to be even harder to get off the way it spreads so easily and how many cases and symptoms vary. Although it's a respiratory disease, we already know thatCOVID-19 affects more major organs than the lungs. In fact, according to a new study,Half of the covidant patients have developed renal damage.
The study, which was reported for the first time by CNBC, observed nearly 4,000Coronavirus patients who were admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital In Manhattan during the period from February 24th to May 30th. Out of these patients, 46% have developed a renal injury during their fight with COVID-19. Researchers used Kidneylintelx data, an intelligent artificial tool (ai) developed in partnership by Renalytixai and the Hospital Sinai System.
But it was not like thesePatients had lower kidneys than the average person. In fact, only 18% had kidney problems - the 82% of these patients had never had any problems with their kidneys before.
"Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, we have seen the highest rate of renal failure in our life"Steven Coca, Associate Professor of Nephrology at the Mont Sinai Health System and Co-Founder of Renalytixai, said CNBC. "The next epidemic will be chronic kidney disease among those who found themselves from coronaviruses."
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For some, these kidney damage seems to besevere and sustainable, also. Among the patients observed, 17% had such severe injuries, they needed urgent dialysis, which is a treatment that helps to perform the kidneys when they stop working properly. And more than a third of COVID-19 survivors in this study do not regain the same level of renal functions they had before becoming inflicted with the virus.
According toAlan KLigerCo-Chair of the American Nephrology Society Covid-19 Response Team, there are different ways that coronavirus can promulgate kidney damage. He told CNBC the immune system could produce cytokine storms when he strongly tries to fight against the virus, which can destroy healthy renal tissue because "suddenly,An important influx of cytokines can cause severe inflammation, "According to experts from John Hopkins Medicine.
Another possible explanation is that coronavirus directly attacks the kidney byEnter the body through the ACE-2 receptors and infect various cells - including those of the kidneys. Or it could be that the fans meant helpPatients dealing with severe pulmonary disease From the virus, reduce the blood flow through the kidneys, which causes orgues to be damaged by a lack of oxygen.
But no matter how it affects the kidneys, it is clear that there is a link between kidney damage and coronavirus. And this can be even more critical for patients already suffering from kidney problems. As KLiger told the CBNC, people with prerequisite renal problems are "more likely to get the virus, have complications or die". He says that this "population needs to be a priority" because the national test strategies continue to be discussed. And for more things about how infections occur,The CDC now says it could play an "important role" in Covid transmission.
