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A US study looked at pre-existing conditions that lead to a severe course of the disease in Covid-19. A previous disease stands out.
New York: in addition to age, especially also Previous illnesses in patients a reason Covid-19 * takes a severe course. How welt.de reported is the largest Risk factor However, it is not asthma or a long smoking career, but pathological obesity, also called obesity. This is the conclusion that American researchers have drawn from a case study conducted in New York.
Coronavirus: Study Shows Important Risk Factor for Serious Disease in Covid-19
In the studio, 4100 Covid-19 patients examined between March 1 and April 1. The result: 40 percent of the patients who had to be treated in the hospital were obese. About half of these had to be artificially ventilated due to the course of the disease. “Chronic disease, the most serious with a severe Covid infection * related is Obesity – at a substantially higher one Risk ratio than any cardiovascular or lung disease, “says the study.
The observations of Karsten Schmidt, anesthesia specialist and chief physician in the anesthesiological intensive care unit at Essen University Hospital, also coincide with the findings of the US study. USA: Patientthat with heavy Greedy gradients to us in the Intensive care unit they’re actually overweight or obese. Normal weight is outnumbered, “Fischer said.welt.de.
Coronavirus: overweight as a risk group? Specialist warns against wrong conclusions
However, he cautions against drawing incorrect conclusions from his observations. Not all very fat people are automatically risky patients *. Especially in the United States it is the pathological Obesity It has long become a common disease. According to a study by the CDC health agency, more than 42 percent of adults in the United States suffer from obesity. Authors of infectious medicine doctor Jennifer Lighter also write: “Unfortunately, it turns out that obesity in people under the age of 60 must be seen as a new epidemiological risk factor that may contribute to the increase in the number of diseases in the United States.”
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