A new coronavirus infection, in addition to harming the body directly during illness, is capable, as experts have found, of accelerating its aging process..

Gerontologist Kirill Proshchaev commented on the current situation: “During infection with a new coronavirus, many pathological processes are exacerbated, which under normal conditions develop only at a more mature age.. These assumptions are still preliminary, further study of the long-term covid on the human body will help to more accurately understand the mechanisms that accelerate the aging of the body.. At present, only one thing is clear: the rate of aging of the body of patients with covid infection can be influenced by properly selected treatment and an appropriate recovery period..

According to virologist Anatoly Alshtein, infection with a new coronavirus has an accelerating effect on latent and sluggish chronic processes in the body..

“It is likely that not the coronavirus itself, but its impact on other pathological processes in the human body, are the cause of faster aging of the human body..

And if a person managed to avoid contact with the new coronavirus, it is possible that the chronic process would be activated at a later time in human life, ”the expert shared..

It is reliably known that coronavirus infection causes irreparable harm to the functioning of the cardiovascular system, which is subsequently manifested by the development of thrombosis, heart attacks and strokes.. Moreover, if before the pandemic these diseases were most often diagnosed in older people, now these diseases are noticeably “younger”.

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