Check for antibodies having.

 Am having autoimmune disease is rheumatoid polyarthritis, since 2011 y. used methotrexate, but of side effects, this remedy changed on metipred, since 2016 year am using his constantly on 1 pill /day, last in year 0.5 pill. Since spring on 2020 am lost weight, not symptomatically, for year lost 18 kg, an hairs galling out. A used full researching as colonoscopy, FGSD, ultrasound FOR PERITONEUM ORGANS,LUNGS CT , blood test, AM CALMED, ALL ARE IN NORM. My friend is nurse shared, its all,that am endured of COVID-19, would be a having, that since autumn 2021, AM WEIGHT GAINED ON 5 KG. and STILL question, that using 0.5 pill of metipred, would i can to do vaccination against COVID-19 ?And on my 73 y.old, am not sure ,that  metipred suppressing  activity for immune system, but of vaccine is stimulating...

Dear Tatjana, these symptoms, which you are shared are weight lost, hairs lost, meeting in patients of COVID-19  enduring answers doctor-immunologist , doctor for medical science V.Treskunov. And this fact ,that you are all time used metipred, thus an easy endured diseases, without cytokine storm, which is dangerous disease complication. And to find it with analyses of antibodies IgG , THEY ARE FORMING IN ORGANISM SLOWLY IN 6 WEEKS AFTER DISEASE ENDURED AND KEEPING FORCE FOR 6-12 MONTHS, PROTECTING PERSON FROM A NEW  mutates INFECTION. Thus, THEIRS QUANTITIES SHOWING ,ARE YOU SICKED OF CORONA OR NOT, AND HAVING STABLE IMMUNITY. Vaccination doing if level for IgG TO VIRUS IS LOW, OR ANTIBODIES ARE NOT HAVING.WHO organisation is confirmed for units  measuring for antibodies BAU /ml so he is negative, thus antibodies you are not having, if more 150.0 BAU , THUS YOU  ARE HAVING HIGH PROTECTED BARRIER .Dose of metipred is not enough, that to suppress  immune answer on vaccination.And for a softening rheumatoid arthritis, after vaccination you can INCREASE  dose of remedy till 3 pills /day, such dose keeping for 7 days, after  return to latest dose. And vaccination  doing needing,that with an age immune answer is lowering, and virus is mutating, adapting to the new conditions for existence ...But he came to us for the long time... Alas!