COVID-19 precautions when immunity is reduced | CDC
COVID-19 precautions when immunity is reduced | CDC
cancer
Bone marrow transplant
Solid organ transplant
Cancer stem cell treatment
Genetic immunodeficiency
HIV
Oral administration or intravenous injection of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants (e.g. mycophenolate, sirolimus, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, etanercept, rituximab) that reduce the body's ability to fight some infections
Risk of severe disease from COVID-19
People with weakened immune systems are at high risk for susceptible to severe illness due to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In addition, the COVID-19 epidemic may remain longer than others, but the lack of information about this new virus is not yet clear.
COVID-19 prevention
If immunity is compromised, the best way to prevent COVID-19 is to avoid exposure to the virus. For more information, please refer to the CDC's recommended precautions to be taken along with what you can do to prepare for COVID-19.
Wash your hands often with water and soap for more than 20 seconds, especially after visiting public places, blowing your nose, and coughing and sneezing.
If you do not have soap and water, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Apply it all over your hands and rub your hands until you feel dry.
We refrain from going out and practice social distance.
If you must go out, avoid others as much as possible through social distance. Keep a distance of more than 6 feet (2 meters) from people who are not in the same home.
Avoid large gatherings or places where people gather.
Deliver necessary items, food, and medicines to your home.
When others are around, wear a cloth mask to cover their mouth and nose to protect them in case they become infected, and ask others to wear a mask as well.
Cloth masks should not be worn on children under 2 years of age, those who are unable to breathe smoothly, or who are unable to remove the mask without the assistance of others, such as being unconscious or unable to move.
Cleans and disinfects contact surfaces. These include tables, knockers, light switches, kitchen countertops, handles, desks, telephones, keyboards, toilet seats, faucets, sinks, and more.
What you can do to protect your health
Continue regular treatment. You should not stop medications or treatment until you talk to your doctor.
Any concerns about treatment should be discussed with your doctor.
Schedule regular appointments.
Talk to your doctor to see what steps your hospital is taking to reduce your risk of COVID-19 exposure.
If recommended by your doctor, use telemedicine whenever possible.
Be sure to take the required tests prescribed by your doctor.
Seek emergency medical care if you are in poor physical condition.
Talk to your doctor, insurance company, or pharmacist about securing an emergency supply of prescription drugs. Prescription drugs, over-the-counter (prescription-free) medicines, and supplies should be kept in your home for at least 30 days in case you need to stay at home for several weeks or want to stay. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist to find out if there is a way to get your medication by mail at home.
Take good care of your emotional health. Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 can cause intense emotions. It is natural to worry or feel stressed about COVID-19. You can read more about how to cope with stress and anxiety here. If stress is disrupting your daily life for several consecutive days, please consult your doctor.
If you feel overwhelmed by feelings such as sadness, depression, or anxiety, or if you feel like you want to harm yourself or others, please contact us below.
Call 911 if you feel you want to harm yourself or others.
Visit the icon outside the Disaster Stress Helpline, call 1-800-985-5990, or text TalkWithUs to 66746.
Visit the icon outside the national domestic violence hotline or call 1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
National Suicide Prevention Call of Life Visit the external icon, call 1-800-273-8255, or call 1-800-799-4889 by TTY or text message.
Treatment of COVID-19
Currently, there is no COVID-19 treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration. There is no vaccine for COVID-19. Currently, the main purpose of treatment is to relieve symptoms, and for inpatients, to maintain the functioning of human organs during severe illness.
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Additional information on specific conditions and risk factors
Current or past cancer patients
If you are a current cancer patient or have been a cancer patient in the past, special measures may be needed to protect your health.
Chemotherapy is an important means of treating cancer. Some types of chemotherapy can weaken the immune system, but cancer patients and cures should continue to receive chemotherapy as directed by their doctor.
You should not change your cancer treatment plan without consulting a doctor.
Be aware of the symptoms of fever. If your body feels hot, has redness, chills, severe fatigue, or is in poor health, always measure your body temperature. If your body temperature is 100.4ºF (38ºC) or higher, you should call your doctor right away.
Identify infection signs and symptoms. If you become infected during the cancer treatment period, you can reach a very serious condition. Call your doctor right away if you notice signs and symptoms of infection.
Ask your doctor when the white blood cell count may drop to its lowest level. This is because the risk of infection is the highest.
If you need to go to the emergency room, you must tell the person in charge of the cancer that you are chemotherapy. Fever during chemotherapy is an emergency, so you should seek medical attention promptly.
Chemotherapy or other cancer treatment-related issues should be discussed with your oncologist or primary care physician.
Learn more about cancer types, cancer risk factors and screenings, and preventing infections during cancer treatment.
Bone marrow transplant, solid organ transplant, or stem cell treatment for cancer treatment
When taking immunosuppressants that weaken the immune system
Do not change or stop medications without consulting your doctor. Changing or stopping the medicines you take can cause serious health problems.
You have congenital immunodeficiency
Some people are born with an immunodeficiency condition for genetic reasons or develop later. Examples include common variable immunodeficiency, selective IgA deficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency, chronic granulomatosis, and complement defects.
If you are taking an immune system-enhancing supplement, you should not stop taking it or change your medication without consulting your doctor.
People with HIV
The risk of severe disease from COVID-19 in HIV-infected is not yet known. If you are HIV-infected and have low CD4 cell counts or are not receiving HIV treatment, you may be in a high-risk group with severe illness caused by COVID-19.
Do not change or stop medications without consulting your doctor. Changing or stopping the medicines you take can cause serious health problems.
For more information, see CDC's COVID information for people living with HIV.
Oral or intravenous injections of corticosteroids or other drugs that reduce the immune response
Some diseases are treated with drugs that weaken the immune system. These drugs are called immunosuppressants. Common diseases that sometimes use immunosuppressants as treatments include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and inflammatory bowel disease.
Do not change or stop medications without consulting your doctor. Changing or stopping the medicines you take can cause serious health problems.
A person's immune system maybe weakened by a variety of health conditions and treatments, such as ("immunity loss").
cancer
Bone marrow transplant
Solid organ transplant
Cancer stem cell treatment
Genetic immunodeficiency
HIV
Oral administration or intravenous injection of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants (e.g. mycophenolate, sirolimus, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, etanercept, rituximab) that reduce the body's ability to fight some infections
Risk of severe disease from COVID-19
People with weakened immune systems are at high risk for susceptible to severe illness due to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In addition, the COVID-19 epidemic may remain longer than others, but the lack of information about this new virus is not yet clear.
COVID-19 prevention
If immunity is compromised, the best way to prevent COVID-19 is to avoid exposure to the virus. For more information, please refer to the CDC's recommended precautions to be taken along with what you can do to prepare for COVID-19.
Wash your hands often with water and soap for more than 20 seconds, especially after visiting public places, blowing your nose, and coughing and sneezing.
If you do not have soap and water, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Apply it all over your hands and rub your hands until you feel dry.
We refrain from going out and practice social distance.
If you must go out, avoid others as much as possible through social distance. Keep a distance of more than 6 feet (2 meters) from people who are not in the same home.
Avoid large gatherings or places where people gather.
Deliver necessary items, food, and medicines to your home.
When others are around, wear a cloth mask to cover their mouth and nose to protect them in case they become infected, and ask others to wear a mask as well.
Cloth masks should not be worn on children under 2 years of age, those who are unable to breathe smoothly, or who are unable to remove the mask without the assistance of others, such as being unconscious or unable to move.
Cleans and disinfects contact surfaces. These include tables, knockers, light switches, kitchen countertops, handles, desks, telephones, keyboards, toilet seats, faucets, sinks, and more.
What you can do to protect your health
Continue regular treatment. You should not stop medications or treatment until you talk to your doctor.
Any concerns about treatment should be discussed with your doctor.
Schedule regular appointments.
Talk to your doctor to see what steps your hospital is taking to reduce your risk of COVID-19 exposure.
If recommended by your doctor, use telemedicine whenever possible.
Be sure to take the required tests prescribed by your doctor.
Seek emergency medical care if you are in poor physical condition.
Talk to your doctor, insurance company, or pharmacist about securing an emergency supply of prescription drugs. Prescription drugs, over-the-counter (prescription-free) medicines, and supplies should be kept in your home for at least 30 days in case you need to stay at home for several weeks or want to stay. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist to find out if there is a way to get your medication by mail at home.
Take good care of your emotional health. Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 can cause intense emotions. It is natural to worry or feel stressed about COVID-19. You can read more about how to cope with stress and anxiety here. If stress is disrupting your daily life for several consecutive days, please consult your doctor.
If you feel overwhelmed by feelings such as sadness, depression, or anxiety, or if you feel like you want to harm yourself or others, please contact us below.
Call 911 if you feel you want to harm yourself or others.
Visit the icon outside the Disaster Stress Helpline, call 1-800-985-5990, or text TalkWithUs to 66746.
Visit the icon outside the national domestic violence hotline or call 1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
National Suicide Prevention Call of Life Visit the external icon, call 1-800-273-8255, or call 1-800-799-4889 by TTY or text message.
Treatment of COVID-19
Currently, there is no COVID-19 treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration. There is no vaccine for COVID-19. Currently, the main purpose of treatment is to relieve symptoms, and for inpatients, to maintain the functioning of human organs during severe illness.
Go to top of page
Additional information on specific conditions and risk factors
Current or past cancer patients
If you are a current cancer patient or have been a cancer patient in the past, special measures may be needed to protect your health.
Chemotherapy is an important means of treating cancer. Some types of chemotherapy can weaken the immune system, but cancer patients and cures should continue to receive chemotherapy as directed by their doctor.
You should not change your cancer treatment plan without consulting a doctor.
Be aware of the symptoms of fever. If your body feels hot, has redness, chills, severe fatigue, or is in poor health, always measure your body temperature. If your body temperature is 100.4ºF (38ºC) or higher, you should call your doctor right away.
Identify infection signs and symptoms. If you become infected during the cancer treatment period, you can reach a very serious condition. Call your doctor right away if you notice signs and symptoms of infection.
Ask your doctor when the white blood cell count may drop to its lowest level. This is because the risk of infection is the highest.
If you need to go to the emergency room, you must tell the person in charge of the cancer that you are chemotherapy. Fever during chemotherapy is an emergency, so you should seek medical attention promptly.
Chemotherapy or other cancer treatment-related issues should be discussed with your oncologist or primary care physician.
Learn more about cancer types, cancer risk factors and screenings, and preventing infections during cancer treatment.
Bone marrow transplant, solid organ transplant, or stem cell treatment for cancer treatment
When taking immunosuppressants that weaken the immune system
Do not change or stop medications without consulting your doctor. Changing or stopping the medicines you take can cause serious health problems.
You have congenital immunodeficiency
Some people are born with an immunodeficiency condition for genetic reasons or develop later. Examples include common variable immunodeficiency, selective IgA deficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency, chronic granulomatosis, and complement defects.
If you are taking an immune system-enhancing supplement, you should not stop taking it or change your medication without consulting your doctor.
People with HIV
The risk of severe disease from COVID-19 in HIV-infected is not yet known. If you are HIV-infected and have low CD4 cell counts or are not receiving HIV treatment, you may be in a high-risk group with severe illness caused by COVID-19.
Do not change or stop medications without consulting your doctor. Changing or stopping the medicines you take can cause serious health problems.
For more information, see CDC's COVID information for people living with HIV.
Oral or intravenous injections of corticosteroids or other drugs that reduce the immune response
Some diseases are treated with drugs that weaken the immune system. These drugs are called immunosuppressants. Common diseases that sometimes use immunosuppressants as treatments include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and inflammatory bowel disease.
Do not change or stop medications without consulting your doctor. Changing or stopping the medicines you take can cause serious health problems.
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