The coronavirus, which was announced to have emerged in China in December 2019 and was detected in the surrounding countries in a short time and then in all countries of the world, continues to increase its effect today. While it is known that the coronavirus has serious effects on the body of some people, a new discovery has been made about the virus today.
Scientists in Germany and the Netherlands studied the long-term effects of the coronavirus on the human body. Within the scope of the research, kidney samples taken from three different groups of people, who are in intensive care due to coronavirus, who are treated in hospital due to lung diseases other than coronavirus, and healthy individuals, were examined. The results revealed another long-term impact of the coronavirus.
The coronavirus can lead to kidney failure:
The examinations revealed that the kidney tissue sample taken from the coronavirus patient was more damaged than the tissue samples taken from the patients in the other two groups. In the study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, scientists noted that serious kidney disorders may occur in coronavirus patients.
Scientists announced in their statement that the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly infects kidney cells. Although kidney failure is frequently observed during and after coronavirus infection, it has not been previously proven whether this is a direct effect of the virus. New research has proven that coronavirus can directly infect kidney cells and cause fibrosis and cell damage. Kidney fibrosis can eventually lead to kidney failure.
Scientists have so far observed that, in addition to the damage to the lungs, the coronavirus damages many internal organs, including the kidney. But many of these harms have not yet been directly proven.
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