Morbidities

A review of the nutritional value of legumes and their effects on obesity and its related co-morbidities.

One of our studies at AIIMS Delhi has also concluded that children and adolescents with bronchial asthma have comorbid psychiatric morbidities and behavioural problems,” he says.

The deaths by age are indeed mostly in older patients and the younger patients will have co-morbidities.

It also ranked patients from one to nine, one being fit and well and nine being terminally ill, while co-morbidities such as previous heart attacks, high blood pressure and heart failure also scored with points.

About 80% of those who died in Kerala had co-morbidities and age-wise, 72 % of the deaths had occurred amongst those aged above 70. However, 28% of the deceased were in the younger age group.

All of them had co-morbidities.

Any officer or staff having vulnerabilities such as pregnancy or co-morbidities could stay at home on leave, but should be available at the headquarters and attend to any urgent duties.

Depending upon age, overall health, associated co-morbidities and pre-existing conditions doctors may consider the type of surgery.

For example, the elderly and persons with co-morbidities have higher CFR than the young.

He said that such people, who might be asymptomatic, might carry the infection to senior citizens at their homes with or without co-morbidities.

It said those above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women and children below the age of 10 years should stay at home, except for meeting essential requirements or health purposes.

It will be offered to one crore healthcare workers, along with 2 crore frontline and essential workers and 27 crore elderly, mostly above the age of 50 years with co-morbidities.

Of the 64 deaths, 53 were caused primarily due to co-morbidities, where Covid-19 was incidental.

One of Covid-19's major co-morbidities, and a leading cause of untimely death in its own right, is lung disease caused by air pollution.

Other global studies have also showed that people who are older and those who have co-morbidities are more susceptible to the infection and are at a higher risk of developing complications.

The deaths reported are mainly among elderly population particularly those with co-morbidities.

The global health body said its preliminary analysis of 14 countries in the African region showed that hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma are the co-morbidities most associated with COVID-19 patients.

The government has indicated that it is leaning towards first immunizing the elderly and persons with co-morbidities, rather than to having, frontline workers receive the jab first.

The measure aims to establish PCR testing protocols for Filipino workers with co-morbidities such as diabetes, and persons entering Philippine territory.

The president doesn’t have any co-morbidities and, at 74 years old, the vast majority recover quickly, Jackson said.