Receiving a renal patient with HIV

CITY OF MEXICO .- A patient with HIV and chronic renal failure received a kidney transplant in an IMSS hospital in Yucatan.

Transplanting a person with HIV carries more risks because he has more opportunities to reject the given organ or to develop an infection due to the disease.

However, the surgery was successful, thanks to the patient receiving retroviral drugs and before transplantation he was in good health, he maintained a strict attachment Jorge Martínez Ulloa, head of the specialized medical unit high-grade transplants level (UMAE) of Merida, Yucatán.

To perform the kidney transplant, organ donated by the patient's sister, there were two multidisciplinary teams of doctors, nurses and technicians, who simultaneously performed the extraction surgery and the # 39; s implant. [19] 659002] In the operating room, hygiene measures were strengthened to provide better safety for the patient and health staff, using thicker gloves and glasses to prevent contamination, says the specialist .

Soto, nephrologist at the UMAI of the IMSS in Yucatan, reported that the recipient of the transplant is progressing satisfactorily, has not presented any complications and continues with his medications to avoid rejection of the organ and control the virus

. He explained that in patients, anemia decreased, skin color and amount of fluid improved.

Both specialists have ensured that organ transplants to HIV-positive people are new and are aimed at helping them with quality and life expectancy.

The IMSS did three transplants to HIV-positive recipients. The first was practiced 6 years ago at the No. 25 specialized hospital in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The second transplant was done 4 months ago at the Siglo XXI National Medical Center's specialized hospital.