“Can COVID cause kidney damage?”
I recovered from COVID 10 days ago. Yesterday, I was diagnosed with kidney damage. Can COVID cause kidney damage?
4 Answers
Kidney damage in COVID-19 patients is common and can range from mild proteinuria (protein in urine), hematuria (blood in urine), and acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). RRT include intermittent hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, continuous hemofiltration and hemodialysis. Thank you.
The literature started it causes injury to the kidneys “ GLOMERULAR DISEASE
COVID-19 associated glomerular disease — Glomerular lesions were reported in a minority of patients with COVID-19, with collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), also called COVID-associated nephropathy (COVAN), being the most common. Such patients present with nephrotic-range proteinuria and acute kidney injury (AKI) ”
COVID-19 associated glomerular disease — Glomerular lesions were reported in a minority of patients with COVID-19, with collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), also called COVID-associated nephropathy (COVAN), being the most common. Such patients present with nephrotic-range proteinuria and acute kidney injury (AKI) ”
It has been reported, and we have seen kidney disease with covid 19 infections.
Yes. COVID causes mainly lung damage, heart damage, kidney damage, pancreas and intestines damage.
