The genetically predisposed to the development of acid reflux (heartburn leads to acid-gall cast into the esophagus), people may be prone to severe course COVID-19. Relevant studies, with the participation of the Research Institute (SRI) Berghofera in Queensland (Australia), published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics.
Scientists have identified an unexpected factor severe COVID-19. “We found that the genes that provoke gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), associated with a 15 percent increased risk of severe and hospitalization at COVID-19”, – said co-author Ju-Sheng Ong
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Experts noted that GERD and heavy COVID-19 for share common risk factors – obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. “Our results suggest that GERD plays a direct role in increasing the risk of hospitalization with the coronavirus,” – said Ong
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In April, a Russian doctor allergist-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok told “Lente.ru” that with the defeat of the body “gastric kovidah” a person may experience various pains, including related to the attack of pancreatitis. According to him, such pain is well cropped antispasmodics in combination with analgesics. It takes quite a long course of diet, so as not to provoke the pain, he said.