Early research shows that people with high blood pressure may be more likely to get COVID-19 and have worse symptoms. What you should know:
. In Italy, more than 99% of people who've died from the virus had one of these conditions -- and 76% of them had high blood pressure.are also slightly more likely to die from coronavirus. Their risk is about 6% higher than the overall population.is one reason people with high blood pressure and other health problems are at higher risk for coronavirus. Long-term health conditions and aging weaken your immune system so it's less able to fight off the virus.
Another possibility is that the higher risk comes not from high blood pressure itself, but from certain drugs used to treat it --and angiotensin receptor blockers . This is just a theory, since there's no research yet on what impact, if any, these medications might have on COVID-19. The theory is based on the fact that ACE inhibitors and ARBs raise levels of an enzyme called ACE2 in your body. And to infect cells, the COVID-19 virus must attach itself to ACE2.
Until more research comes out, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association recommend that you keep taking your high
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