People of any age with underlying medical conditions

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  People of any age with certain underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19:
  
  People of any age with the following conditions are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19:
  
  • Chronic kidney disease
  
  • COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
  
  • Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant
  
  • Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 or higher)
  
  • Serious heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
  
  • Sickle cell disease
  
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus
  
  COVID-19 is a new disease. Currently there are limited data and information about the impact of underlying medical conditions and whether they increase the risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Based on what we know at this time, people with the following conditions might be at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19:
  
  • Asthma (moderate-to-severe)
  
  • Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
  
  • Cystic fibrosis
  
  • Hypertension or high blood pressure
  
  • Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
  
  • Neurologic conditions, such as dementia
  
  • Liver disease
  
  • Pregnancy
  
  • Pulmonary fibrosis (having damaged or scarred lung tissues)
  
  • Smoking
  
  • Thalassemia (a type of blood disorder)
  
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anemia, Sickle Cell/complications Chronic Disease Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications Heart Diseases/complications Obesity/complications Organ Transplantation/complications Pneumonia, Viral Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/complications Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications Risk Factors

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