Although considered a mild illness in most patients, in some cases COVID progresses to acute illness, resulting in hospitalization. To help establish effective public health measures, it is vital to identify patients who are at risk of becoming seriously ill. is the subject of studies involving mavens from Swansea University.
During the pandemic, elderly patients and men experienced the most severe symptoms of COVID. Therefore, experts claim that the next drop in male testosterone is possibly related to hospitalization.
It is believed that there is similar data to testosterone in the relative lengths of the hands, the proportions between the numbers. ) digits.
These numerical ratios (2D:4D and 3D:5D) differ between right and left hands and those differences would possibly involve data related to testosterone and COVID-19 severity.
Now, Professor John Manning, an expert in numerical proportions, from the Sports, Technology, Exercise and Applied Medicine (A-STEM) team, has been working with colleagues at the Medical University of Lodz in Poland to take a closer look at the issue.
His most recent article, in Frontiers in Public Health, reported on the links between right-to-left asymmetries in virtual notification and hospitalization for COVID-19.
Professor Manning said: “The big differences between right and left hands in 2D:4D and 5D:3-d are related to the severity of COVID-19. It is hoped that understanding those associations could lead to an accumulation in our ability to, as it should, identify other people at risk. “
Their findings are in line with studies published earlier this year that explored the severity of COVID-19 and its relationship between low testosterone levels and likely high estrogen levels in both men and women.
He added: “Our studies are helping to better understand the severity of COVID-19. Hospitalization is not unusual among older adults and men, but many older men have mild symptoms of COVID-19.
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