Winter cold can be a factor that provokes diseases, including COVID-19. Lente.ru was told about this by Vladislav Mohamed, Medical Director of the SberZdorovye service Ali.
“The body’s protective and adaptive reserves are weakened during any cold snap, if in a normal situation a person could, for example, avoid infection through contact with a patient, then a cold snap increases this risk,” the doctor said.
At the same time, frosts by themselves will not affect the severity of the disease, added Mohamed Ali .
“Cold weather does not affect the course of the coronavirus disease after the disease has been confirmed, since a person after diagnosis is usually located indoors: at home or in a hospital,” the specialist explained.
Earlier, Mohamed Ali named two symptoms that may indicate the onset of a severe forms of coronavirus with a confirmed diagnosis. According to him, the first sign is increased body temperature, the second is shortness of breath. All other signs are determined either using laboratory tests or using medical instruments.