Thyroid disease in the time of COVID-19
Description
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 is produced by SARS-CoV-2. WHO has declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency, with the most susceptible populations (requiring ventilation) being the elderly, pregnant women and people with associated co-morbidities including heart failure, uncontrolled diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and cancer. However, such general guidance does not provide information regarding COVID-19 risks in patients with suffering from pre-existing thyroid problems, and furthermore, we do not know whether patients with COVID-19 (symptomatic or without symptoms), who have not previously had thyroid issues develop endocrine thyroid dysfunction after infection. The <jats:italic>European Society for Endocrinology</jats:italic> recently published a statement on COVID-19 and endocrine diseases (<jats:italic>Endocrine</jats:italic>, 2020); however, thyroid diseases were not mentioned specifically. We have therefore reviewed the current literature on thyroid diseases (excluding cancer) and COVID-19, including data from the previous coronavirus pandemic caused by the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), a member of the same family Coronaviridae leading to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). At the moment there are no data suggesting that thyroid patients are at higher risk of COVID-19, but this requites further research and data analysis.</jats:p>
Journal
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- Endocrine
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Endocrine 68 (3), 471-474, 2020-06
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1362544418782920320
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- ISSN
- 15590100
- 1355008X
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- Data Source
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- Crossref