Covid-19: Increased risk of infection in men with baldness: research

Covid-19 Increased risk of infection in men with baldness
Covid-19 Increased risk of infection in men with baldness

Men struggling with hair loss should be more alert to corona infection. Researchers at Brown University have given this advice based on their recent study. According to them, androgen in men with baldness 

The release of hormones is high. Various research has found this hormone to be responsible for increasing the corona virus’s ability to infect healthy cells.

Decrease Corona Risk
Decrease Corona Risk

According to lead researcher Professor Carlos Warmbier, baldness can be helpful in assessing the risk of corona infection. This is due to the easy entry of the coronavirus into the body by the androgen hormone. 

Leftbear said that the results of studies in Spain and the United States also do the same. In Spain, 79% of male patients admitted to Corona infection had hair loss.

At the same time, the risk of the corona was found to be extremely low in men taking androgen-producing drugs to treat prostate cancer in Los Angeles. The results of the study have been published in a recent issue of the ‘Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology’.