COVID-19 worse for vapers; Experimental drug targets COVID-19 from two angles

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COVID-19 SCIENCE UPDATES COVID-19 worse for vapers; Experimental drug targets COVID-19 from two angles

"Our research was not designed to test whether e-cigarette use increases the risk of acquiring COVID infection, but it clearly indicates that symptom burden in patients with COVID-19 who vape is greater than in those who do not vape," study co-author Dr. Robert Vassallo of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said in a news release.

Compared to infected non-vapers and after accounting for participants' other risk factors, infected vapers experienced higher rates of chest pain or tightness , chills , body aches , headaches , problems with smell and taste , nausea/vomiting/abdominal pain , diarrhea and light-headedness . The inflammation caused by the coronavirus and the inflammation induced by vaping may combine to worsen the likelihood of inflammation throughout the body, with a resulting increase in symptoms, Vassallo and his colleagues suggested.An experimental drug originally being developed to treat influenza is showing promise against SARS-CoV-2 and might defend against COVID-19 from two different directions, researchers said.

 

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