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What health conditions are being considered as underlying health conditions for risk of developing severe infection from covid-19?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Per the CDC:: uncontrolled underlying conditions that ^ risk include liver or chronic lung disease, chronic kidney disease with dialysis, diabetes, severe obesity, serious cardiac illness, being immunocompromised (immunodeficiency, cancer treatments, transplant recipients, smokers & chronic steroid use). REF: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-at-higher-risk.html

Answered 12/12/2020

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