Researchers believe that men with baldness are more susceptible to serious cases of the Corona epidemic, and they believe that there is a very strong correlation between these two cases that they demanded the inclusion of baldness as a dangerous factor in the occurrence of a corona called a "Gabrin signal" in reference to Dr. Frank Jabreen, the first American bald doctor It dies due to corona virus.
"We really believe that baldness is an ideal indication of the severity of a corona infection," the lead author of the study, Professor Carlos Wamper of Brown University, the oldest American university, told the Telegraph.
Scientists recently assumed that the coronavirus is more deadly for men than women because of the hormone testosterone that is most frequently produced in men.
Italian doctors previously discovered that patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy, the male sex hormone, which radically lowers testosterone levels, was four times less likely to die of corona virus.
Scientists note that there is a protein called TMPRSS2 that testosterone helps to secrete, and that the virus uses this protein to help it open cells.
Researchers at the London Institute for Cancer Research are studying this link extensively, while the University of California, Los Angeles is researching testosterone reduction treatment to help treat coronaviruses.
And testosterone can secrete dihydrotestosterone, which leads to hair loss, although from the South China Morong Post reported, a person may have low levels of testosterone but also high levels of dihydrotestosterone.
This new data on baldness increases the possibility of using drugs that limit testosterone secretion to treat or slow down the virus.
There was discussion about the experience of using baldness drugs to treat coronavirus, and a study of 122 patients in three hospitals in Madrid revealed that 79% of these patients were bald.
"Everyone is chasing the bond between androgens and Covid 19 results," Howard Soleil, executive vice president of prostate cancer, told Science.
"There has been a lot of recent research suggesting a possible link between male hormones and an increased risk of developing Covid-19," says Karen Stalbo, UK's director of prostate cancer policy.
This has prompted some researchers to investigate whether hormonal treatments commonly used to treat prostate cancer, such as enzalutamide, can reduce the risk of developing covid-19.
The researchers say that there are now many clinical studies that are hoping to address these issues, "but more evidence is needed before we can know whether these hormonal treatments will be an effective treatment for Covid-19."
And the researcher at the Cancer Research Institute, Professor Nick James, warns against using testosterone reduction treatment as a precaution because of its severe side effects.
"Taking these medications is the male equivalent of reaching menopause," he told The Mail on Sunday. And «almost certain that you will cause more harm than good.
According to the UK Health Foundation, people with the following conditions are considered very at risk of developing corona: people who have had an organ transplant, people who are undergoing chemotherapy or anti-cancer treatment, or intensive radiation, or cancer treatments that affect the immune system, or people Those who have had leukemia or bone marrow or had undergone bone marrow treatment or stem cell transplantation in the past six months, or are still taking immunosuppressive drugs, those with an acute pulmonary condition, or those with a condition at risk of infection Infected or taking medications which makes them more susceptible to COFED-19.
The list of people at moderate risk includes: those over the age of 70, pregnant mothers, those with non-severe pulmonary diseases, those with heart disease, diabetics, those with chronic kidney disease, and those with liver disease, or Disease affecting the brain or nerves and those who are obese.
Awad Khairy's translation - on Express