In the battle with COVID 19, we are just discovering the results of long-term COVID or Post COVID illness.
How Long does COVID last ?
The effects of COVID 19 can last upto a year and some damages even more.
India has already given the single dose of COVID vaccine to more than half its eligible population. Getting vaccinated is your best chance against COVID 19.
Meta-analysis of 42 studies with 423,117 patients with COVID-19 after a search that included Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Medline/PubMed, and COVID-19 Research Database (until August 2020)revealed the important mortality risk factors associated with COVID19. Most of these are risk factors for or by themselves noncommunicable diseases.
COVID-19: The Top 10 mortality-related risk factors, according to meta-analysis, are :
- Old age
- Male gender
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- COPD
- Acute kidney injury
- Increased D dimer
The problem is that even asymptomatic COVID 19 can suffer from long COVID.CKD or chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease is possible even after mild infection with COVID 19.
The study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology has health data from around 1.7 million US Veterans from March 1, 2020, to March 15, 2021.
Result :
Patients testing positive for Covid-19 without hospitalization
- 30% higher chance of acute kidney injury.
- 15% greater risk of major kidney disease like CKD.
- Greater than the two-fold higher risk of developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
COVID 19 infected patients who were hospitalized, needing intensive care were at a much higher risk of Kidney disease
- They are at 7-times more risk of a major adverse kidney event. (Including mortality, renal replacement therapy etc)
- At eight times higher risk of acute kidney injury.
- At 13-times more risk of end-stage kidney disease.
Long-Covid or post-acute Covid is a real risk. Kidney damage is a well-recognized part of the presenting signs and symptoms. Long COVID may persist even after one year of recovery from Covid-19.
What to do?
- Get vaccinated.
- Wear a mask
- Practice social distancing
- I prefer outdoor meetups to indoor ones.
In case you have already had COVID 19-
Remember: You will need long-term regular monitoring of kidney function to anticipate and prevent kidney damage on time.
What can you do?
- You can get a Blood urea-creatinine done for baseline record.
- Keep your Blood pressure, Blood sugar, body weight in good control.
- Kidney problem is often multifactorial. Knowing what you can do today will protect your tomorrow. Get medical opinion on time.
References
1.Mortality-related risk factors of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 studies and 423,117 patients
Zelalem G Dessie 1 2, Temesgen Zewotir 3
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34418980/
2.Bowe B, et al. Kidney outcomes in long COVID. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2021; ASN.2021060734 DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2021060734 https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/early/2021/08/25/ASN.2021060734
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Thanks for sharing this. There are so many speculations about COVID and somebody with a medical background sharing this info helps us get valid information
I am so glad you wrote this, Amrita. Post Covid care and monitoring is so important, but very few people realise that. This post should help them do so.
A very informative post with god tips.. thanks for bringing it together for us..
Insightful post Amrita. Last year one of my close relatives died because of post covid kidney complications. We all should be very cautious and follow all the guidelines. In fact wearing mask should be a lifestyle change that we all should follow.
Yeah people who have been affected by the virus complain of various changes in their body and hair. Hope they all get well soon. And hope this pandemic ends soon and we all learn a lesson from it.
Long covid is something which needs to spoken and written about more. It is important for people to realize that they need to do all it takes to stay safe as symptoms of long covid can last for months or even more.
True that.
Helpful post during this pandemic. Stay safe EVERYONE?
Thank you Anicca
Thank you for sharing about the after effects of covid on kidney. I am sure reading your post will definitely make the readers more cautious. It’s sad to see people getting relaxed after every wave has passed considering the aftermath covid has!
you’re totally right, now we all are looking at long term effects of COVID so we aught to be more careful towards our health & be cautious.
This is a super informative post! I have shared it with some of my friends and family who have battled Covid. #MyepicaReads
The information you have shared is so useful and needs to be shared with as many as possible. It saddens me when people depend on YouTube videos for info and many channels say that Covid is nothing more than a fly and there is no need to bother yourself by being indoors. Great share!
Such an informative post. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for the information…hope this phase gets over soon…
Quite a useful read as always, much needed.
Thank you for sharing this. I wasn’t aware that people who have had covid should monitor their kidney function. My whole family has been affected so I need to take care.
Such an informative post dear… this all is really scary but somehow we have to deal with it. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you
I hope it is soon over. Taking all the precautions.
Thanks Gurjeet.
Good and imp info. Many of us weren’t aware of the long term side effects of this.
This is an eye opener. COVID has changed everything for everybody. Health should become number one priority for everybody now.
Thanks for the detailed information. Covid has left us with many questions and concerns.
Only way we could control it is by following all the rules.
Your posts is such informative.
That’s really important information.
Thanks for sharing it.
#BlogchatterReads
This is such an important post especially during pandemic. There were so many things I wasn’t even aware about. That’s Dr. Amrita for sharing such an insightful post
This was a very insightful post amrita. I didnt know that asymptomatic patients can also suffer long term. We should follow covid protocols for a longer period of time though ew do see less number of cases now. #tmmreads
This is an informative post. COVID affected us in many ways but itโs really important to know post COVID effects and ways to prevent them. Learned some important health tips through this article.
Suffering from COVID be it mild or severe takes it own toll and the effects remain even after 2 weeks. We all need to keep a check on our health on regular intervals especially if we have suffered COVID.
The pandemic has changed our lives and how! The best thing we can do now is to try and be as safe as possible, sanitise and wear a mask and maintain social distance as much possible. I am sure, we will put this pandemic behind us soon. #PoojaMahimkarReads
Your posts are always so informative, Amrita. I often see people still struggling with the after-effects and the damage caused by Covid. Hope and pray we don’t have another wave. Just because someone is vaccinated does not mean one is immune.
Very informative post.
This is really informative doc, thank you for sharing with so much details
This is a full fledge information about the Covid, and it is true that precaution is always better than cure.
Thanks Doc, for all the usefulk info. I sure do feel relieved after taking both doses of the vaccine but I know we need to keep practicing Covid appropriate protocol atleast until the time it’s intensity decreases and becomes an endemic? Do you think we will have to keep practicing social distancing and wearing masks then as well ?
helpful post
So much info online and yet one doesn’t know who to trust. This blog coming from a doctor helps ๐
NOTED – post covid kidney care
Thanks for sharing this information, Dr. Amrita. I also want to know if there are any other illnesses apart from kidney disease that are the result of long Covid. I got Covid in May this year and I suffered with severe dry cough during the illness but it is still present even after 4 months.
This is really very informative .. thanks for sharing
This is a very informative post. Thanks for sharing in detail about the topic.
Well frankly your post made me really scared since all of us had covid 19. Now i am contemplating on visiting the doc
Deepika
Will all the many, many confusion around such posts help calm a non-medico person!
Nice and Informative