Find out the secret behind it .. Corona targets men more than women

A study conducted in 11 European countries found that men appeared to be more likely than women to attack the emerging coronavirus, and that it was much fierce, while the results of other studies were conflicting about the effect of the virus on pregnant women.

"Men" enzymes The
researchers found that men have more levels in the blood than the enzyme that helps the virus infect cells. A higher paper, published last Monday in the European Heart Journal, stated that higher levels of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) in men’s blood may mean that their organs have greater "receptors" for this enzyme that the virus uses to enter cells. 

Their study included more than two thousand men and women suffering from heart failure but without infection with the Corona virus, and many of them take common blood pressure medications that prevent the effect of this enzyme.

The researchers confirm that the study participants who were receiving these drugs did not have greater levels of the enzyme, which adds to evidence that the drugs do not increase the risk of infection with the Corona virus.

Corona and pregnant women
A preliminary study in Britain stated that pregnant women are not more likely than others to develop severe symptoms of Covid-19 disease, however if a pregnant woman develops severe symptoms then this is usually in the final stages of pregnancy.

The study, which was published on Monday on Medarkaev's website but not yet reviewed, found that less than 0.5% of pregnant women received treatment from Covid-19 in hospital, and that only 10% of them needed intensive care. The study also found that most pregnant women who entered the hospital skipped the sixth month of pregnancy.

In contrast, another study from Sweden found that pregnant women there seemed to face greater risks. Data from the Swedish National Register published last Sunday in a Swedish medical journal showed that the number of HIV-positive pregnant women who need intensive care is five times more than the number of non-pregnant women of the same age.

It also showed that the number of infected pregnant women who need artificial respiration is four times that of non-pregnant women. "Based on the available data, the risk of developing COFED-19 during pregnancy should not be minimized ... women should be advised to take the necessary measures to avoid infection during pregnancy," the study authors said in an accompanying article.