While the Coronavirus is spreading further and further, and the Figures of the clip-seem to be growing daily, uncontrollable, growing mainly in the Elderly, and people with pre-existing conditions, the fear of the consequences of infection.
For most healthy, younger people, however, it is primarily an act of solidarity, to stay increasingly in the home and to ensure to disease vectors.
But you can really that exactly divide, who belongs to the risk group and who is not?
Maybe even a simple illness such as a cold, to be the Virus vulnerable?
A weakened immune system is considered as a risk
On the Portal Infektionsschutz.de the Federal centre for health education (BZgA) who are, in the case of an infection with the Coronavirus risk of a particularly severe course of lung disease Covid-19 dzu suffer.
Accordingly, the following groups of people are at an increased risk:
- older people (with increasing risk for a severe course of about 50 to 60 years)
- Smokers
Persons with certain pre-existing conditions:
- of the heart (e.g. coronary heart disease)
- of the lung (e.g., Asthma, chronic Bronchitis)
- Patients with chronic liver disease
- Patients with Diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes)
- Patients with a cancer disease
- Patients with a weakened immune system (for example, due to a disease, which is associated with an immune deficiency or taking medications that weaken the immune system, such as, for example, cortisone)
Since the term “weakened immune system” is not defined in more detail, on the question of whether more severe diseases are meant, or whether a flu infection is sufficient to weaken the immune system so that it fight against could not be more prepared?
Disagreement in the medical community
FIT FOR FUN has been around, therefore, at the Charité in Berlin, to learn how doctors assess the risk of a cold in times of Corona.
In particular, one can see that Also in the case of medical experts, the Coronavirus still leads to more questions than answers.
This is mainly due to the fact that he is at the present time, little hard evidence of the novel Virus.
However, the surveyed physicians give light to make it clear: you would make in the case of a temporary illness such as a cold, which is richer in the case of a Corona-infection is a risk of disease progression would be expected.
A young Doctor who does not want to be mentioned by name, explains why.
“Of course, restricted is in the event of a flu or the common cold immune system – simply because the immune system is sort of distracted at the moment. You can’t speak but from immunosuppression.
In generally healthy people, the immune system still remains fully functional and should be so also in the case of a double burden, in principle, be able to have the Coronavirus in his place.”
Important note: The information in this article contains only General information. For the diagnosis of a health problem we recommend visiting by trained and recognised Physicians.
Larissa Bright Mouth
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