“Does a previous heart transplant make it more dangerous to contract coronavirus?”
I am a 54 year old male. I had a heart transplant 6 months ago. Does a previous heart transplant make it more dangerous to contract coronavirus?
5 Answers
Any patients with history of organ transplant are at risk of contracting various infections including COVID-19 because of taking immunosuppressive agents that weaken the immune system. You are strongly encouraged to take the COVID 19 vaccine.
Same as everyone else. However you have to be careful to protect yourself against infection of any kind.
Not knowing all the issues related to your heart transplant before or after the surgery, the biggest risk for you is that your immune system is compromised from the immunosuppressive drugs you take, plus these drugs have side effects as I am sure you know. Be very careful.
With the transplant you have to take immunosuppressive drugs so that you don’t reject the new organ. Your ability to fight infection is decreased, not just Coronavirus but any infection.
It might because of the immunosuppresion meds
