3 observations by Doctor Nestorovic about coronavirus that we all need to keep in mind well

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Pulmonologist Professor Doctor Branimir Nestorovic has spoken for Telegraf on several occasions about the current coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and introduced it to us better.

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Although we learn something new every day, it seems that Doctor Nestorovic singled out the main characteristics of this virus a few months ago, which we must always keep in mind in order to protect ourselves as effectively as possible.

It is worse when the virus enters through the nose

"The difference is in the amount of the causative agent, it enters the nose much more because the receptors are primarily in the nose. The quantity is important, so now coronavirus is not as dangerous because the virus has weakened, the quantity is smaller," he explained for Telegraf.

Cardiovascular patients are always at higher risk

"Because those people who have high blood pressure also have elevated ACE enzyme in the lungs. It is also elevated in those who smoke, and the virus binds to it the most. So, someone with high blood pressure has even more of those proteins, that is, proteins in the lungs, so the virus binds more easily. Therefore, such patients have a difficult clinical picture. There is some genetics involved here, so there are people who have a predisposition to get cardiovascular diseases, and then if they also smoke... Essentially, that is why those groups are the most endangered," he pointed out.

It is not quite certain that it is transmitted by air

"It's hard to say that it is transmitted by air because only the RNA of the virus is proven. It could be dead, and we're proving its RNA. To prove something like that, we would have to inject that sample that was found in the air into an animal or a human and see if an infection would occur. So the Koreans clarified that story of whether the virus could come back again. No, the virus remains in us, but it is inactive and can show up in a test and thus create confusion. It also stays in the air, on objects for 10-15 days, but it is no longer vital, that is the point," Doctor Nestorovic concluded in one conversation with Telegraf.

(T.T./Telegraf.rs)