This surprising trait perfectly predicts your coronavirus risk, say that researchers say
New research reveals a noticeable trend in people with this particular condition.
You know that the health of your heart, your lungs and your blood pressure can contribute how much you are likely to go down with aSerious coronavirus cases. But there is another very unexpected place to watch if you are wondering if you are at risk or not: the top of your head. New research revealed thatThose with male baldness can be higher of suffering of serious coronavirus symptoms.
Carlos Wambier, MD, PhD from Brown University, conducted research on theAssociation between cases of coronavirus and baldness. He saidTelegraph, "We really think thatBaldness is a perfect predictor of gravity. "
In one of the two studies conducted by Wambier, published in theJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology, he found that patients admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 were a disproportionate number ofMen with a male model baldness: Out of 122 patients admitted to three different hospitals in Madrid, 79% were bald men.
In fact, the link is so strong that Wambier suggests that baldness should be considered as a risk factor called "Gabrin sign", after theFirst doctor at the U.S. to die of COVID-19,Frank Gabrin, MD, who was also bald.
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Since the pandemic coronavirus began months ago, research indicated thatMen are twice as likely to die coronavirus than women. The reasons for this trend could bemore than just behavioral And can have so much done with genetic makeup.
Medical experts and public health areStart to see evidence that sex is divided into those who succumb to the coronavirus can be due to androgens,hormones that play a role in male traits and reproduction activity. These are what can not only lead to hair loss, but could also affect the capacity of cells to fight coronavirus. "We believe that androgens or male hormones are definitely the virus bridges to enter our cells," said Wambier.
As is the case with almost all the research related to coronavirus, it is still very early in the process. CornTelegraph Reports that the conclusions of Wambier indicate the possibility that the treatments suppress these hormones, such as those used for baldness as well as for diseases such as prostate cancer, could also be used to slow down the virus down and give patients the time to fight him. And for strange risk indicators COVID-19, consultThis finger can determine the probability that you would die of dying of coronavirus.
