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Covid-19 caused by low DHEA? CRP increases when DHEA is low

Posted by jamesmhoward on 11 May 2021 at 10:21 GMT

I suggest the basis of Sammartino, et al., is low DHEA. It is known that CRP increases when DHEA is low.
It is my hypothesis that Covid-19 infection and subsequent pathology are caused by low levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) which are exacerbated by aging, testosterone levels, and antagonism of DHEA by cortisol as in stress (© Copyright 2020, James Michael Howard, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.). It is already known that DHEA provides protection from pathogenic viruses. “In this study it was shown that DHEA protects mice against WNV, SVNI and SFV lethal infection.” (Arch Virol. 1991;120(3-4):263-71. doi: 10.1007/BF01310481.)

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