Epidemiologists and virologists called the disease that can increase the risk of death from coronavirus three times, writes “InoSMI” with reference to the publication of Sayidy.
According to his data, the running form of periodontitis significantly increases the risk to die from COVID-19. This disease is also associated with a higher risk of hospitalization in the separation of intensive therapy.
According to experts, the running form of periodontitis causes a cytokine storm – a dangerous immune response. In this case, an excessive amount of immunocompetent cells are produced, which fall into the lungs, causing a rapid deterioration of the state resembling symptoms of sepsis. It is also often accompanied by difficulty breathing, progression to heavy pneumonia and fatal outcome.