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What causes someone to be immunocompromised that they wouldnt be able to fight covid-19?
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Immunocompromised: The most common reasons for being immunocompromised are man-made reasons. Someone on chemotherapy for cancer, immunotherapy for any number of disorders like psoriasis, arthritis, MS, etc. Most common drugs to make someone immunocompromised are steroids, but more and more immunomodulators drugs are being used to treat things. There are conditions you can be born with that affect your immune system.
Answered 5/2/2021
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High risk conditions: Severe COVID complications: Pneumonia, Acute Respira-tory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Acute Respiratory Fail-ure, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, Septic Shock, Rhabdomyolysis, Multisystem Inflammatory Syn-drome in Children, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism. Arterial clots, Strokes, Renal or Liver Failure, Cardiac injury & Secondary Infections.
Answered 12/28/2020
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Had 3 vacs. Must stand crowded line & then be packed into elevator to reach MD's office for yearly gyno appt. Am severely immunocompromised. Better to reschedule? Live in complete isolation since COVID began. Only went MD appts. COVID stats high here?
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