Over the past 20 years of marriage, the couple from Rajajinagar, India, have endured many hardships. The biggest challenge came when the husband, 50, contracted HIV and end-stage renal disease.
However, thanks to his wife donating a kidney, his life was saved after a successful kidney transplant surgery.
He is a pharmacist at a private hospital. For the past year, he has been undergoing regular dialysis because of his worsening kidney disease.
Although both husband and wife were HIV positive, the wife was determined to donate a kidney to save her husband, despite the risks.
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Life was always associated with illness, medicine, and his health was deteriorating day by day. During that time, his wife was always by his side, taking care of him and encouraging him to overcome.
The couple began HIV treatment in 2010. The wife discovered she was infected during a prenatal checkup. He was also diagnosed with HIV through a health screening program. Since then, the couple has been on treatment together and living optimistically.
Detected chronic kidney disease, dialysis 3 times a week
By 2012, the husband had diabetes and high blood pressure. In 2022, he was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, and by 2024, the disease had progressed to the final stage. He had to undergo dialysis three times a week to stay alive.
Because of the stigma associated with HIV, he was not allowed to undergo dialysis at the same time as others. He was forced to travel more than 100 km to another city for treatment. The frequent travel made him increasingly weak and unable to work.
Seeing her husband increasingly exhausted, the wife decided to donate a kidney to save him. However, many people objected because they thought that kidney transplants between two people infected with HIV were very dangerous.
However, the couple approached Manipal Hospital in Yeshwanthpur, where urologist Dr Ajay S Shetty and nephrologist Dr Deepak Chitralli agreed to perform the transplant.
Because the husband has a weak immune system, doctors had to prepare a special treatment regimen. Before the surgery, he underwent a thorough health check.
On May 19, the kidney transplant was successful. On May 28, he was discharged from the hospital. More than a month later, both husband and wife are in stable health. The wife has also recovered from surgery and returned home.
Despite the danger, the wife still accepted to donate her kidney to save her husband. It is rare for her to publicly disclose her HIV status and voluntarily donate organs, but she did it.
Dr. Deepak Chitralli said that kidney transplants for people with HIV have their own procedures, but if properly cared for, they can still be as successful as other kidney transplants.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/cung-nhiem-hiv-vo-bat-chap-rui-ro-quyet-dinh-hien-than-cuu-chong-185250705132311233.htm
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