Mesothelioma and COVID-19: What Can Happen?
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the last few years challenging for people with high-risk medical conditions. To date, more than 73 million people in the U.S. have contracted COVID-19. If you or a loved one is battling mesothelioma, you may be wondering what may happen when someone with mesothelioma gets COVID.
Mesothelioma and its Symptoms
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining that covers our organs. One of the most common forms is pleural mesothelioma, affecting the pleural lining of the lungs. Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos, and there is no cure for the disease.
Symptoms of mesothelioma include:
• Shortness of breath,• Pain in the side of the chest or lower back,• Trouble swallowing,• Hoarseness,• Coughing,• Weight loss,• Fatigue, and• Swelling of the face and arms.Symptoms can worsen as the disease progresses, leaving people with mesothelioma at risk of developing lung infections. Moreover, treatment for cancer, including radiation and chemotherapy, can leave a mesothelioma patient with a weakened immune system and unable to fight serious infections.
What is COVID-19?
While we’ve all heard about COVID-19 and maybe even experienced it firsthand, it’s good to know what it is. COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2, is a novel or new coronavirus spread through droplets and virus particles released into the air when someone infected breathes, sneezes, coughs, or talks. It can take two to fourteen days for the illness to appear in someone exposed, and an infected person can remain contagious for ten to 20 days.While many people will have a mild infection, COVID-19 can cause serious illness, leading to respiratory failure, long-term lung and heart muscle damage, kidney failure, nervous system problems, and death.
Symptoms of COVID-19 include:
• Cough,• Fever or chills,• Headache,• Muscle and body aches,• New loss of taste or smell,• Fatigue,• Nausea and vomiting,• Congestion and a runny nose, and• Shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.Because COVID-19 can cause serious respiratory illness, particularly in immune-compromised patients, you should contact your doctor right away if you have COVID-19 symptoms.
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