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“... some novel coronavirus cases, patients who developed only moderate symptoms at the onset of the disease later fell seriously ill and died of multiple organ failure.”

Yep, scary indeed. Those with inflammatory disorders (such as those with Ankylosing Spondylitis, like myself) need to be cautious not to catch this thing.

AS can and often does cause inflammation of the heart and other major organs on its own. My own AS is kept in check by Humira. When my AS was caught my biggest problem was my heart was more than double its normal size. Forget the fact I couldn't so much as turn my head and had so much inflammation of my spine I could barely walk on a good day.

I wonder what this Coronavirus does to people with moderate to severe arthritis. Probably causes heck with them too.