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Certainly, a healthy adult who contracts the virus has a good chance of developing a trivial infection that resembles a cold, or even of being asymptomatic. Therefore, many people carry the virus and are contagious without knowing it.
In an elderly subject, it can lead to dehydration, breathing difficulties or pneumonia.
He can also aggravate chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, or heart and lung disease.
“These ‘decompensations’ can be more or less severe. In some cases, they can lead to intensive care“, underlines Bruno Crestani, pulmonologist at Bichat hospital (AP-HP) and president of the Breath Foundation.
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