Tribunnews.com Reporter, Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – The pandemic brings worry to everyone. If the immunity is not strong, then the body can be infected with Covid-19.
In addition, a weak immune system can affect the symptoms caused by being infected with Covid-19. So what about the immunity of people who only have one? kidney?
Sometimes there are people out there who donate kidney. Or there are those who are born with one kidney just.
According to the Secretary General of InaSH, Dr. Djoko Wibisono Sp PD KGH, people who only have one kidney, but are in good health, will not disturb the stability of life.
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Even people who have one kidney healthy, have the same quality of life as people who have two kidney.
“Even one kidney As long as you are healthy, health is the same as having two kidney. One kidney will adapt to rearing itself. People can live one kidneythere are even those who are born one kidney,” he said in a virtual press conference held by InaSH, Friday (18/2/2022).
Living with one kidney will not disturb the immune system. On the other hand, if health kidney If it is already disturbed and chronic, then the immune system can be disrupted.
For example, with chronic kidney disease, the patient will continue to do dialysis. And this is related to the natural risk number for the level of infection and the severity of Covid-19.
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“The context of the pandemic prevents kidney preserved. So it can control the blood as well as possible. If it has been disturbed, stage 4-5 greatly interferes with immunity,” said Dr. Djoko again.
There has even been research, the Covid-19 immune response is not as good as normal people. Therefore, in addition to maintaining a healthy body, don’t forget to pay attention to your condition kidney.
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