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The immunologist spoke about the effect of interferon on immunity

Anatori Sealife Comments 0 2nd April 2020
effect of interferon on immunity of pregnant women

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“There is evidence that interferon medicines strengthened the immune system in frequently ill children. As a result, their incidence rate sharply decreased. Therefore, interferon drugs are a real antiviral defence,” Anatoly Suslov said. He is the head of the laboratory of mediators and immunity effectors of the SRCEM.

“Evolution created the interferon system. So it protects against viruses and bacteria. If you give drugs that stimulate the formation of interferons, you strengthen innate immunity. And it, in turn, controls most of the viruses that we have in the body,” the doctor explained.
Thus, if a person has no problems with innate immunity, he quickly responds to the reproduction of the virus. “But in the modern world, medics associate immunodeficiencies with various reasons such as nutrition and stress. Because of this, infections can spread even among children,” Suslov said.

Over the past day, doctors identified 440 new coronavirus cases in 35 regions in Russia. The total number of patients in the country increased to 2777.
According to the WHO, 693224 new coronavirus cases were registered, and 33106 people have died worldwide.

Virologist: Coronavirus for pregnant women is not more dangerous than flu

“The Chinese coronavirus has the same effect on a pregnant woman as other viral infections,” Alexander Butenko said. He is the head of the arbovirus department of the Virology Research Institute.
Earlier media reported that a patient with a coronavirus infection gave birth to a baby in a Moscow hospital. The baby test also showed a positive result. There is no official confirmation of this information.
“This is not the first time a child is born with this virus. The same thing happened before in China. Now, the newborn is alive and well, and the mother recovered simultaneously. Let’s compare the new coronavirus with SARS infection (SARS), which also refers to the coronavirus. Then, this disease in pregnant women can have consequences. In some cases, this leads to spontaneous abortion or death,” Butenko says.

Take into account the beneficial effect of interferon on immunity.

Bear in mind that some expectant mothers may also have other diseases. For instance, diabetes complicates the situation, as virologists confirmed. Therefore, ladies need to be especially careful about their health. They also need to follow all measures to minimize the risk of infection. They should also take into account the beneficial effect of interferon on immunity.
“In general, coronavirus infection corresponds to the spectrum of pathologies in the disease and other viruses – influenza, measles, rubella, and so on. Therefore, we can say that the coronavirus’s consequences for the future mother are not worse than other infections. However, there is still a certain danger,” Butenko summed up.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health issued interim recommendations regarding preventing, diagnosing, and treating coronavirus infection. According to them, the risk of death increases slightly when a pregnant mother becomes infected.