TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Specialist in tropical disease and infectious disease consultant from the University of Indonesia, Ronald Irwanto, said COVID-19 not only dangerous for patients with comorbidities but for all groups. Comorbid is a comorbid or congenital disease other than the main disease being suffered.
In the case of COVID-19, some comorbid Things to watch out for are hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, respiratory disorders, nervous disorders, endocrine disorders, and liver disease. Secretary General of the Indonesian Infection Control Association (PERDALIN) said that basically comorbidity is one of the complications in every COVID-19 infection. However, the high risk that patients face when infected with the corona virus is not only faced by comorbid owners.
“It’s not just comorbidities, for example, during the Delta wave, many young patients died or their condition was poor even though they didn’t have diabetes. There were many other factors,” said Ronald.
Ronald explained that there were several factors that caused the infection caused by COVID-19 to get worse, such as the high number of viruses and high receptors or attachment sites for the virus.
“There are other things that make the patient’s condition worse, such as loading high virus. Second, high receptors or attachment sites. It has a lot of virus loading, high adhesion, it has the potential to make conditions worse, even for people who don’t have comorbidities,” he explained.
He asked the public not to underestimate the mild symptoms of COVID-19 because in some cases there is a virus that has disappeared or died but the infection lasts a long time in the body. Ronald said it was very possible for people to be exposed corona virus repeatedly. Like other infections, COVID-19 can also attack people who have tested positive.
“The name is infection, you can definitely get it repeatedly. Whatever the possibility, keep the health protocols. There is no other strategy, keep discipline in health protocols and vaccinations,” said Ronald.
Also read: The Importance of Controlling Comorbidities to Avoid the Pandemic
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