We are all still learning about the coronavirus.COVID-19 Comorbid risk is a serious issue. Scientists are still gathering data on just how it affects people outside the realms of infectious disease. This is very important to study.

If you would like, take a look at this collection of insights that were gathered by HCPLive. It should provide a little better insight on COVID-19’s burden on those that have it.

Kidney disease might actually make COVID-19 worse

A Yale professor, Alan S. Kilger, talked about the many difficulties that different patients with kidney disease have to deal with when they have COVID-19.

We know that chronic kidney disease patients, including dialysis patients, are more likely to become infected. ‘And we know if infected they have a substantially worse prognosis than people without kidney disease.

Alan S. Kilger

These people are at over twice the COVID-19 Comorbid. This is because their immune systems are impaired. This is really important to think about. Dialysis isn’t exactly conducive to social distancing.

As The Pandemic Progressed, so Have Opioid-Related Overdoses

Social isolation, depression, and anxiety are among the factors that have caused a marked increase in overdoses and deaths among people addicted to opioids.

Paul Christo, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care at Johns Hopkins, said the United States will potentially surpass 2019’s overdose related death rates. The public health and issues with society due to COVID-19 are the driving forces.

I think that once we get a vaccine—which hopefully will come soon—we will see fewer opioid overdoses and fewer overdoses related to drugs.

Paul Christo

Remote Psychiatry Has Been Improved Due to COVID-19

Scientists are starting to see that social distancing and lockdowns have incentivized the use, practice, and efficacy of telemedicine in the field of psychiatry.

Michael R Liebowitz, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University, suggested that people in need of mental health have found it much more accessible than before the never-ending virus.

We have no idea how long this is going to last and we don’t really have a clear idea of what it’s going to be like when we come out of this and how much we come out of this. There are some potential benefits that could come out of this as well.

Michael Liebowitz

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