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- Researchers have identified several coronavirus risk factors that can make COVID-19 worse.
- Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, weak immune system, and obesity are among the medical conditions that could result in life-threatening complications.
- Researchers have isolated obesity from other comorbidities and factors and found the medical condition is extremely dangerous for men under 60 who get infected with the novel virus.
The elderly, the immunocompromised, and people with other medical conditions are the ones at the greatest risk of life-threatening complications after infection with the novel coronavirus. But that doesn’t mean everyone else is safe. There are plenty of exceptions, and that's why everyone needs to be careful.
Still, it’s people with major comorbidities who should do everything they can to avoid contracting the illness. Factors like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity can result in severe COVID-19 cases. The virus also kills more men than women, and age plays a role. But in a surprising new study, researchers determined that one of the most-discussed COVID-19 risk factors, when presented in its pure form, kills more men younger than 60 than it does women.
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Scientists say this coronavirus risk factor is especially dangerous for men originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 22:11:05 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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