TITLE:
A Review of the Impact of Covid-19 on the Male Genito-Urinary Tract
AUTHORS:
Georgios Kallinikas, James N. Tsoporis, Diomidis Kozyrakis, Anastasios Zarkadas, Vasileios Konstantinopoulos, Dimitrios Bozios, Despoina Mitiliniou, Konstantinos Safioleas, Panagiotis Filios, Athanasios Filios, Evangelos Rodinos, Gerasimos Vlassopoulos, Ioannis Gerzelis
KEYWORDS:
Covid-19, SARS-Co2, Urinary Tract, Male Subfertility
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.12 No.6,
June
7,
2023
ABSTRACT: Introduction and Objectives: Since its advent in 2019, Corona Virus Disease 19 (Covid-19) has changed everyday life in many unprecedented ways. With the availability of Covid-19 vaccines, clinical practice has stepped gradually towards its everyday routine. The clinician, however, needs to address such concerns as “Can Covid-19 present with urinary tract symptoms predominantly?”, “Can the urinary tract develop long-term Covid-19 symptoms?”, “Can Covid-19 vaccines/drug therapy cause male infertility?” Methods: This mini-review of the current literature has been carried out by searching the Pubmed database. Results and Conclusions: Our literature review suggests that there is insufficient evidence to conclude a significant impact on the urinary tract from Covid-19 infection. There is supporting evidence that mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are safe for male gonads. Research to further support these conclusions is required.