Certain health conditions could seriously complicate the course of the disease
While good for most people infected with the coronavirus COVID-19 hope to recover is very highFor others it may be an infection that threatens your life. While for a large percentage of patients the symptoms are no more important than those of a flu, for others it can mean death.
What is the difference? Some people have a higher risk of dying from the coronavirus due to their age and general health conditions. An investigation by The Lancet analyzed 191 coronavirus sufferers who were treated in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus originated.
The experts found that there are certain factors in patients that can make the difference between life and death:
- Age. Elderly patients with coronavirus have a higher risk of dying than younger patients.
- Show signs of sepsis. Some people’s immune system reacts so bluntly against the disease that it can lead to general septic shock.
- Suffer from high blood pressure or diabetes. Both conditions prevent proper blood clotting.
Another interesting discovery of this research is that patients recovering from coronaviruses they can still be infectious until 20 days later that their symptoms disappear, so they should continue isolation despite being apparently healthy.
Coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, where the number of patients already exceeds 1,000 and the dead exceed 30.
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