COVID-19 linked to higher risk for autoimmune diseases like alopecia, Crohn's--study

COVID-19 linked to higher risk for autoimmune diseases like alopecia, Crohn's - UPI.com In rare cases, some patients may develop an autoimmune disease following a bout of COVID-19, Korean researchers report. UPI

In rare cases, some patients may develop an autoimmune disease following a bout of COVID-19, Korean researchers report.

Conditions such as alopecia (hair loss), psoriasis, vitiligo (white skin patches), vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, adult-onset Still's disease (painful skin rash), Sjogren's syndrome (autoimmune disease), ankylosing spondylitis (spinal arthritis) and sarcoidosis (enlarged lymph nodes) can all be triggered by COVID-19 infection, according to the new report.