A Review on the Serum Electrolytes and Trace Elements Role in the Pathophysiology of COVID-19.

Mohammad Taheri, Fatemeh Nouri, Ali Bahrami, Parisa Habibi

Journal: Biological trace element research 2021;199(7):2475-2481

PMID: 32901413

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Abstract

All the world is involved in the COVID-19 disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coronavirus is a positive-sense RNA and has an envelope. There is no specific drug for this disease and treatment methods are limited. Malnutrition and electrolyte imbalance can make dysfunction in the immune system and impairment of the immune system causes increasing the risk of infection. Understanding the aspects of biological features of the virus will help the development of diagnostic tests, pharmacological therapies, and vaccines. Here, we review and discuss increasing and decreasing some trace elements and imbalance of serum and plasma electrolytes involving in COVID-19.

Address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.; Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.; Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.; Neurophysiology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.; Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. [email protected].

DOI: 10.1007/s12011-020-02377-4