The researchers do not rule out that coronavirus infection is an autoimmune disease, despite the presence of respiratory signs.
Experts note that many people with COVID-19 have symptoms that indicate a certain effect of the pathogen SARS-CoV-2.
We are talking about the consequences of infection on the cardiovascular system. Moreover, this manifestation is recorded in many people who carry the infection in a mild form.
Research findings published on the scientific portal Elemental.
Autoimmune disease is an ailment in which the immune system attacks the cells of the body instead of targeting a pathogen.
Scientists admit that this can happen after infection with COVID-19.
Experts have noticed that many patients with coronavirus infection develop myocarditis. Perhaps this ailment is an autoimmune reaction.
According to the hypothesis, the SARS-CoV-2 virus “deceives” the body. As a result, the immune system does not see danger in the pathogen and begins to attack not it, but the heart or other organs.
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