Who are at risk of contracting corona virus? Until a month or two ago, no one imagined that a small virus called the Corona virus would cause such a big chaos in the world. This small virus, which is a descendant of the Sars virus - acute respiratory syndrome virus, causes acute conditions in the lungs and causes symptoms similar to pneumonia and even the death of the patient. In this short period of time, research has been conducted. The results of the research have helped a lot in the prevention and treatment of patients. The important question is who are at risk. Corona.. One of the issues raised by the patients is the risk factors related to the disease and the people who are more exposed to the disease or are more likely to die.. In this case, the research conducted by domestic and foreign scientists and doctors regarding gender and smoking is as follows.. ### The results of the research among male and female patients In response to the question of who is at risk of contracting the corona virus, the results have shown that men are more susceptible to the corona disease than women and the reason for this is the expression of a specific gene in this group of people. This research has shown that Asian men are exposed to this disease in a higher proportion and among sick patients, although research around the world shows this result. The deaths were men and also 75% of the respiratory patients were men.. Similarly, from December 2019 to February 2020, official reports from China showed 6% of deaths to men.. This statistic was true even in young people and children and adolescents under 16 years old... ### Why is the number of corona more in men?.. Although this statistic is not far-fetched and this effect can be attributed to gender differences in society and behavioral differences between men and women. Viewing clarity But it must be said that the number of smokers is higher among men and being a smoker makes a person prone to lung infections, smoking is everywhere, among people with stroke, heart attack, high blood pressure, it becomes a risk factor for contracting #pipe, etc.. Corona?... The statistics presented in China in 2010 show that 58% of men were smokers in that year and 8.4% of them were smokers who quit smoking, but according to the statistics of 2016, only 3.4% of women in China were smokers.. There is also this statistical difference in South Korea and Italy.. The increase in infection has been effective.. It is still presented. 2016 and 2017, scientists and researchers estimated the infection rate of male and female mice in laboratory mice and the result of the research was that male mice were more infected and it was interesting that female mice whose estrogen level was suppressed with a female drug or high estrogen hormone was suppressed.. It is true for the new corona virus, well, and it seems that there is something about estrogen that somehow prevents it from being infected.... Dr. Majid Kihani, Neurosurgeon