According to research published last week in the Journal of Asthma and Clinical Immunology, people with asthma may have a lower risk of contracting coronavirus.
Israeli researchers tested 37,469 subjects, 6 percent of whom were positive for the virus. Of the positive subjects for the virus, 6.75 percent had asthma, compared with 9V2 percent of those who were negative for COVID-19, according to the study.
Eugene Merz, one of the research leaders, told the Jerusalem Post that there were at least three possible revelations, including that asthma is associated with lower levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, a mechanism for infecting the virus. Cells.
The head of the management care department at Lumit Health Services, Merz, said asthma patients, knowing the risk for more serious cases of the virus, could be more careful against compressing it.
The third option he offered was that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) that people frequently use to treat asthma reduce the risk of the virus. He cited studies showing that ICS can cut a replica of coronavirus.
Merz said more study is needed on the matter, noting that the research is based on inpatient data.
“[A]LL This comprehensive data is taken from the COVID-19 inpatient population, ”the researchers wrote. “Therefore, the prevalence of asthma in patients with COVID-19 may be different.”
Credits for earlier research, study results. According to a previous study cited by the authors, only 9 percent of hospitalized patients in New York have asthma. Patients with asthma also seemed to be less susceptible to previous acute respiratory syndromes, such as the 2003 SARS epidemic.
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