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What factors may increase the risk from covid-19 for a person with epilepsy?

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See below: Uncontrolled seizures, obesity, older age, respiratory illness, diabetes, thrombophilia, cardiovascular disease, renal failure, cirrhosis, advanced cancer, chemotherapy treatment, immune deficiency, exposure to multiple people and lack of precautions recommended by CDC, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Answered 6/14/2020

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