Has anyone had kidney problems after having COVID or the vaccine?

I wonder…I developed proteinuria and was diagnosed with a “benign” plasma cell disorder called MGUS, a few months after my 2vaccines (Moderna). It was from a physical and very unexpected. I also had 2 boosters in 2022. (Had a very mild case of Covid over a year ago.)

That’s been over 2 years ago, and my proteinuria has gone away, and the MGUS is stable and remains benign.
I’ve taken turmeric supplements so maybe that’s helped?
No one knows if the vaccine will cause problems over time yet. It is known to cause some inflammation that is hopefully transient.

My husband has IgA and we had Covid very early at the beginning of the pandemic. His nephrologist that Covid was possibly the trigger that "flared" his IgA. It was theorized by his nephrologist that the strong immune response from Covid flared the IgA and brought his kidney damage to a place where he needed dialysis and a transplant. This was all theorizing but the nephrologist felt that he had seen enough post-Covid kidney damage in patients to make that suggestion. I am not sure if that is what sort of information you were looking for, just anecdotal but it was our experience and the nephrologist was seeing enough of this sort of thing to make the connection.

Thank you, Leslie

Thank you!

This is so interesting! This all happened after my vaccines but a full year before getting a mild Covid case.
Who knows if I’d been very sick if hadn’t been vaccinated?
I have a history of reacting to flu shots for example, to needing a half-dose and still feel sick for several days. I have several allergies (PCN, pollen…)

I’m so sorry your husband experienced the loss of his kidney function as a result of Covid. 🥹

I think it was going to happen regardless, but Covid seemed to have sped it up. The IgA "flare-ups". The autoimmune disease had attacked his kidneys for years before, but the post-Covid immune response seemed to kick the attack into hyperdrive. It just sped up the inevitable, at least that is my understanding of it.

@roxylulu22 This is exactly what I have been thinking for several years. Where many people are saying the Covid vaccines "caused" a health situation, it was, in fact, the immune response of our bodies bringing that health issue to the front.

I have had chronic kidney disease for many years, and received my first Covid vaccine before many of the general population in our area. I was able to convince the doctor at the vaccine event held for teachers [which I am not!] that I needed it as I was immune compromised already with my multiple myeloma, and starting chemo. I have had multiple Covid vaccines at this point, including Evusheld.

Thank you for putting this out on this forum. I will be interested to hear what others have to say! FWIW I am on daily peritoneal dialysis since September 2022, and also on active chemo treatment for my mm.
Ginger

I think we will know more but it will take years.

March of 2021, while working for a local school district, I received the Moderna jab. The next 9 months my whole world changed.
A week after the shot I started menstrating, that lasted about 3 months (2 months prior to vaccine, in January, I discussed having a hysterectomy with my gyno because of fibroids, she said in the next couple years I should consider having one) Then I rapidly started losing weight, so muc so, family and friends were positive I was on drugs, and my incresed anxiety and stress didn't help my case. Fast forward to January 10, 2022. After being on the edge of what felt like death I finally went to the ER.
I had Covid, and.... I needed a hysterectomy because my Uterus was HUGE! ( OVER 21x THE NORM)
And I had Polycystic Kidney Disease, no one in my family has ever had this type of Kidney disese.
A genetic test proved that I not only had PKD, but I have a Mutation, one that apparently had never been seen before.
I am both, Autosomal Dominant & Autosomal Recessive.
With the outpour of new research and released information, I am 99% positive that The virus and the vaccine are the cause.

@stacynottable Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! No doubt you have been dismayed to learn of your kidney disease. What does your medical team tell you the next steps will be?

Here is what Mayo Clinic has to say about polycystic kidney disease [PKD]: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/polycystic-kidney-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20352820 As you can see, the causes are genetic, and often go undetected for many years.

I am curious what sources you have seen for the new research and released information that cite vaccine and virus were the cause of your condition. Would you please share this with me?
Ginger