Corona Virus Disease 2019 which is often referred to as COVID-19, has extremely affected the world and become a pandemic disease since its outbreak. The organ transplant patients have also been under the influence of this disease. These patients often take immunosuppressive medicines, so they are in higher risk of virus infections. In order to decrease the possibility of getting sick, these patients should follow the instructions of world health organization (WHO) more carefully.
A kidney transplant or renal transplant is a surgical procedure in which a damaged kidney is replaced by a healthy one which was donated from a donor. We have a pair of kidneys and we can often survive with only one of them. However, in some cases, a serious disease like diabetes or high blood pressure can make a person need a kidney transplant.
If the kidney transplant is successful, it can increase the patient’s quality of life by eliminating their need to dialysis and expand their life expectancy.
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cost | from 13000$ to 14000$ |
Hospital Stay | 7 to 10 days |
Minimum Stay in Iran | 3 to 4 weeks |
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, numerous publications have described the clinical condition of kidney transplant patients. Unfortunately, the rate of incidence and mortality is higher among these patients. Like the other cases of this disease, general health and respiratory support can be used to control the disease until it is healed.
You have to know that the risk of getting infected through the donated kidney is very low, because these kidneys are screened before the implantation begins. If they are revealed as positive COVID-19 they would not be used.
Besides general and respiratory supports, Remdesivir medicine was approved to work on this virus. So like the other patients of COVID-19, it is recommended to use the monitored level of this drug for renal transplant patients in a hospital setting.
There is few published evidence regarding to safety of kidney transplant in patients who have healed from a mild or asymptomatic types of COVID-19. Up to now, there are some case studies on this subject to know how the kidney transplant would be after getting healed from this virus. The studies show that a past COVID disease cannot be the guarantee of a long-term protection and all the precautions must be taken.
Considering the high incidence of this disease among all the people including the dialysis patients, it is highly possible that these patients have a kidney transplant after getting infected. So it is necessary to collect information about this subject through case analysis and follow-up investigations.
Due to taking immunosuppressive medicines, transplant recipients are at the higher risk of Covid-19 virus. If you are a recipient, you have to limit the risks of catching viruses by taking necessary precautions. Since the beginning of the pandemic, some of the kidney transplant organizations have established a number of general rules for protection including giving extensive information to patients, making limitation in collective transport, online interviews with patients before each session of hemodialysis, online appointments whenever it is possible, etc.
Getting vaccinated is recommended to all the transplant recipients including renal patients. Although vaccines are less effective for organ transplant recipients because they take drugs which cause immunosuppression, it is still necessary to get vaccinated and have protection to some extent. These patients should still limit their exposure to coronavirus patients because the infection risk is still possible.
To prevent catching and spreading coronavirus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends:
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