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You want to quarantine as much as possible whether you have IBD or not. Not having your colon doesn't mean you are immunosuppressed but if you take biologics, prednisone or budesonide you are immunosuppressed. That being said my doctor told me there is no data to support that we are somehow either more prone to getting infected with Covid or more susceptible to having a bad course with it if we do.

I took the remote deposition today of an ENT physician who is at the frontlines of Covid as an on call physician at 2 different hospitals. He told me during a break in the deposition that they are observing a spike in deterioration of breathing symptoms at the 7 day mark after onset of symptoms or confirmation of Covid positivity. He said there can be sudden deterioration after the experiencing of mild symptoms for 7 days, at a time when people think they are "out of danger." He recommended that anyone infected have a pulse oximeter and said that if your oxygen level dips below 90, go to a hospital immediately.

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