COVID-19: Infection or Autoimmunity

Nutrition and Infection with COVID-19

Is COVID-19 Infection Transmitted Through Food?

 Coronavirus disease (COVID) has had a growing outbreak around the world. China reported COVID-19 infection for the first time in December 2019. Symptoms of this disease often include respiratory symptoms, but gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea) were also reported in COVID-19 infection. Coronavirus transmits through direct droplets, contact, or fomites. However, other mod...

Narcolepsy: Autoimmunity or Secondary to Infection?

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucination, and sleep paralysis. In the review presented here, we aim at focusing on the immunological aspects of the disease. Special attention will be given to the link between tumor necrosis factor-a (alpha) (TNF) and major histocompatibility class II (MHC II) antigens and on autoim...

Rheumatoid corneal melt: autoimmunity or infection?

Awomanwith type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and secondary Sjögren’s syndrome developed severe corneal ulceration (keratitis) on two separate occasions three years apart while taking systemic immunosuppression for her rheumatoid arthritis. Her ocular history included Sjögren’s syndromerelated dry eyes for which she used non-preserved ocular lubricants, together with recurrent episodes of ma...

COVID-19 infection leading to lethal spondylodiscitis with spinal abscess

Background: Secondary complications after SARS-CoV-2 virus infection including cardiovascular and neurological pose additional morbidity and mortality. Till date there no single case report of spondylodiscitis with spinal abscess after CVOID-19 infection. Case Description: A 71- year-old man presented with tachypnea and cough since 24 hours. He was febrile and the CT-chest showed typical pictu...