Any type of kidney or liver problem increases your risk for having serious complications due to COVID-19.

Some of these aliments that I just listed may seem a no brainer that they increase your risk of contracting COVID-19 but I see over and over again that people may know this but fail to see themselves truly at risk for COVID-19.

I am not sure, but people fail to see their true risk and are thus not careful— they do not wear a mask and they fail to practice social distancing.

Dr. Veita Bland is a board-certified Greensboro physician and hypertension specialist.

Dr. Bland’s radio show, “It’s a Matter of Your Health,” can be heard live on Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. on N.C. A&T State University’s WNAA, 90.1 FM.