Therapist Cheryomushkin: hypertension and diabetes complicate the course of COVID-19 
Any concomitant disease or pathology complicates the course of unfavorable coronavirus … This was told by the chief therapist, the head of the department of the ChUZ “Central Clinical Hospital” Russian Railways-Medicine “”, therapist doctor-therapist of the highest category Sergei Cheryomushkin in an interview with radio Sputnik.
According to the expert, especially on the course of the disease hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, blood pathology and oncological conditions affect. In addition, the course of the disease depends on the strain of COVID-19, the immune response of a particular patient and the dose of the virus received.
Cheremushkin noted that only 5-15 percent of them carry coronavirus infection hard. He also recalled that by far the most reliable way to protect against coronavirus is vaccination.
Earlier, pulmonologist Oleg Abakumov said that lack of sleep could increase the risk of severe COVID-19. He explained that the condition of a patient with COVID-19 is associated with the presence of the hormone melatonin, which is formed in the brain at night during sleep.