NATURAL PROTECTION AGAINST COVID DURING PREGNANCY

Natural protection against COVID in pregnancy

▪ Changes in the immune system can protect pregnant women against the cytokine storm caused by COVID-19. A study on pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 (with mild or no symptoms), indicated that immunological changes neutralize the inflammation of COVID-19.

▪ The worst effect of COVID-19 infection is an immune system response called a cytokine storm. This immunological condition can cause wide tissue damage, organ failure, and death.

▪ According to Andrea Cossarizza’s findings, pregnant women with COVID-19 can manage inflammatory responses with the production of anti-inflammatory agents. However, increased levels of neutrophil cells (indication of an inflammatory response) were documented, levels of the interleukin-6 (the main cytokine responsible for inflammation) were normal. Also, he suggested that pregnancy in healthy women with no main risk factors (like obesity or hypertension), will control the response to SARS-CoV-2.

▪ He concluded that the natural suppression of immune responses during pregnancy can protect women from severe complications of the cytokine storm.

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d43978-021-00093-8

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