Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medicines, and diseases
interfere with your ability to heal or fight disease. You may be at risk for a
more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be
sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- Age older than 60
- A head injury within the past 4
weeks
- A mental health problem, such as an anxiety disorder or
depression
- High altitude
- Pregnancy or recent
delivery
- Surgery to remove the spleen
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or withdrawal
- Smoking or other tobacco
use
Medicines
- Amphetamines
- Aspirin and other
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines
- Beta2-agonist medicines,
such as albuterol, aminophylline, ephedrine,
epinephrine, terbutaline, and theophylline
- Progesterone
Diseases
- Anemia
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Chronic
fatigue syndrome
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD)
- Deep vein thrombosis
(DVT)
- Diabetes
- Heart arrhythmias
- Heart
disease
- Heart failure
- Human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) infection
- Kidney disease
- Liver disease
- Lung
disease
- Panic disorder
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary
edema
- Pulmonary embolus
- Pulmonary
fibrosis
- Sepsis
- Sickle cell
disease
- Stroke
- Thyroid problems, such as Graves' disease and
hyperthyroidism
