If most cold symptoms are caused by our immune system response, what is it like for an immunocompromised person?

Question

I know that common infections can be fatal for people with very weak immune systems. But if most symptoms are caused by our immune system’s response to the infection instead of the infection itself, do immunocompromised people still have symptoms?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It’s like you said, depending on the level of immunodeficiency and/or the infection itself, they will have none to very mild of the “normal” symptoms… but they might die instead.