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Am i more likely to catch covid-19 if i have autoimmune or inflammatory arthritis?
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Covid19: I don't think we're seeing more or less covid cases in people with autoimmune diseases. However it is felt that being on immunosuppressive medications increases the rate of complications once covid infection occurs and experts are recommending withholding the immunosuppressive medications during the infection. People taking plaquenil(hydroxychloraquine) may get some protection against covid,though
Answered 6/15/2020
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