{"id":9051,"date":"2020-03-31T11:31:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=9051"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T17:29:38","slug":"dr-beth-jonas-interviewed-regarding-covid-19-what-patients-with-autoimmune-conditions-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/dr-beth-jonas-interviewed-regarding-covid-19-what-patients-with-autoimmune-conditions-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Beth Jonas Interviewed Regarding COVID-19; What Patients With Autoimmune Conditions Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/07\/Jonas-201808-051-web_smsq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/07\/Jonas-201808-051-web_smsq-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/07\/Jonas-201808-051-web_smsq-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/07\/Jonas-201808-051-web_smsq-768x813.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/07\/Jonas-201808-051-web_smsq.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s essential that patients with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis consult their doctor with questions related to their autoimmune medications, before making any changes to their treatment plan.<\/p>\n<p>While medications given to patients with RA dampen the immune system, now is not the time for patients to take themselves off of the medications without speaking with their healthcare provider, the story emphasizes.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about these and other considerations related to COVID-19, read the story posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcentral.com\/article\/coronavirus-and-autoimmune-disease\">HealthCentral<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s essential that patients with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis consult their doctor with questions related to their autoimmune medications, before making any changes to their treatment plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58060,"featured_media":7717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Beth Jonas Interviewed Regarding COVID-19; 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