05Aug
Recommendations of Kidney Care UK and UK Kidney Association for patients with chronic kidney disease about prevention of COVID-19
Recently (03.08.2021) Britains kidney association - Kidney Care UK and UK Kidney Association updated the recommendations for patients with CDK about the prevention of COVID-19.
The main provisions of these recommendations were translated and adapted by NEPHROCENTER LLC for your convenience:
- Do not leave the house if you or any of your household have symptoms of COVID-19, call your dialysis centre and inform your doctor of the suspicion of COVID-19
- Continue to maintain social distance, use personal protective equipment and wash your hands regularly
- Visiting shops and/or pharmacies can be reduced. Use the modern options of food delivery and medicine to your home
- Patients with CKD are strongly recommended to vaccinate with 2 doses, regardless of the stage of the disease and the rate of tubercular filtration. Vaccination is also recommended for family members who live with the patient
- If you are receiving immunosuppressive therapy (for example, you are a transplanted kidney patient), we do not recommend lowering immunosuppression during vaccination
- Avoid using public transportation services as much as possible
- If you decide whether to eat during a dialysis session, you can remove the mask, but put it back on immediately after eating or drinking. Before removing the mask and putting it back on, disinfect your hands. Especially when you take off your mask, make sure you’re within two meters of each other, including all the other patients who are on dialysis and the dialysis room nurses
- Vitamin D is useful for you and can help you maintain your immune system and possibly help you resist COVID-19 infection. However, you must remember that there is an active vitamin D, which is often prescribed to CKD patients in medicines such as Alfacalcidol or Calcitriol. It is slightly different from natural vitamin D and you can have low natural vitamin D even if you take active vitamin D. Moreover, some transplant centers hesitate to administer vitamin D within the first year of kidney transplantation. So consult your doctor before taking vitamin D in any form
