A research study revealed that patients with asthma and allergies are at a lower risk of contracting the Corona virus, unlike what was previously believed to be among the groups at risk of contracting corona, according to a report of the newspaper time now news.
According to the study, people with pre-existing health conditions such as asthma were placed in a high-risk category for corona infection and its complications, however, researchers recently found that asthma patients may not be at risk of contracting the virus, and they recognized the need for more research into this issue, and it must People should continue to follow all prevention guidelines.
Experts and medical professionals concluded that people with current health conditions, and those over the age of 60, may be more likely to develop complications due to the Corona virus, and there has been a lot of talk about various conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and so on. In addition, people with these conditions have been asked to exercise extra caution. Since the Corona virus mainly affects the lungs, those who suffer from any respiratory problems, such as people with asthma or bronchitis, or even smokers have been placed in the high risk category..
However, asthma patients can now breathe a sigh of relief, because researchers indicate that they may not be at an increased risk of developing corona, as was previously thought..
The results were published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and the researchers wrote: “We observed a lower susceptibility to infection with Corona virus in pre-existing asthma patients.“.
The researchers tested about 37,469 people for Corona, and the results of the examination were 2266 of them positive. It was found that the number of asthma patients was in the negative group for Corona more than the positive group, and the study said: “Asthma was found in 153“ 6.75% ”of the positive Corona group and in 3388 [9.62 %] From the Corona negative group“.
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