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It is easy to get infected with the coronavirus through contacts with sick people and surfaces contaminated with coronavirus. People with various chronic diseases are among those who are particularly exposed to coronavirus infection and the severe course of the disease. We asked Dr. Tomasz Dzieśćtkowski, a virologist from the Medical University of Warsaw, whether people suffering from lung sarcoidosis are at risk of severe coronavirus infection.
Coronavirus is a virus belonging to the Coronaviridae family that causes COVID-19. It is a disease of the respiratory tract with symptoms such as fever, cough, body weakness, muscle aches and shortness of breath. It can cause irreversible changes in the lungs, so the worse the condition of our lungs, the more severe the course of the disease.
In the course of coronavirus infection, sepsis, septic shock and severe multi-organ failure develop. Severe forms of COVID-19 can kill patients.
In severe forms of COVID-19, the patient develops sepsis, septic shock, and severe multi-organ failure. In extreme cases, the patient dies.
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What is sarcoidosis?
Sarcoidosis is a disease that mainly affects the lungs and the lymph nodes of the cavities. They are located in the mediastinum, and therefore also in the thoracic region. Occasionally, however, sarcoidosis also affects other organs, such as the liver, skin, nervous system, heart, eyes, salivary glands, bones and peripheral nodes that can be felt beneath the skin’s surface and are assessed by a physician by palpation.
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What are the symptoms of sarcoidosis?
Sarcoidosis may be asymptomatic. Some patients experience general symptoms that are not very characteristic. These are fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, increased temperature, but only in some cases reaching 40 degrees C. Symptoms may also depend on the organ in which the disease develops.
In the case of lung sarcoidosis, there is a cough and chest pain. A sick person feels it as a pressure behind the breastbone.
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Does pulmonary sarcoidosis affect the course of COVID-19?
Yes. Sarcoidosis, like any chronic lung disease, affects the course of coronavirus infection. In people struggling with this disease, the course of the disease is much more severe than in a healthy person.
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Everyone is at the same risk of being infected with the coronavirus. However, the disease can be much more severe in the elderly, immunocompromised people and people with various chronic diseases. These are people with diabetes, neurological disorders, heart disease and lung diseases. Cases of the disease among children are quite rare.
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- Wash your hands often with soap and water or disinfect them with a liquid containing at least 70% alcohol.
- Avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose – this way the coronavirus can easily be transferred from the infected area to yourself.
- Keep a distance from the interlocutor – minimum 1-2 meters.
- Regularly wash or disinfect the various surfaces that you touch every day – just wipe the handrails, door handles, countertops, desks and shop counters with soapy water.
- Cover your face with a handkerchief or elbow when you sneeze or cough.
- Stay home if you can, and wear a mask and disposable gloves when you need to go outside.
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