COVID-19 can accompany other infectious diseases because the patient's immune system becomes weaker and cannot resist them effectively, infectious disease specialist Nikolay Malyshev says."There are viral and fungal diseases, and bacterial infections. This worsens the course, which means a greater danger for the individual who is ill or has already had the disease," Malyshev said.According to Ura.ru, COVID-19 may also provoke exacerbation of other background diseases even in healthy individuals.Immunologist Nikolay Kryuchkov said that coronavirus in some patients is accompanied by cytokine storm, respiratory, liver and kidney and heart failure, as well as pneumonia, stroke or heart attack.
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