Posted on 04/11/2020 6:13:23 AM PDT by hiho hiho
Most people who develop COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, will be able to remain at home during their period of infection and will fully recover.
Those who have to be hospitalized because of breathing difficulties and other significant symptoms, however, face a trying ordeal, including the possibility of needing a ventilator to breathe. So far, only about a third of patients put on ventilators survive.
The large majority of COVID-19 sufferers who need to be hospitalized are older and already had health problems, new research shows.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a study of 1,482 COVID-19 patients from 14 states, including Oregon, who were admitted to a hospital between March 1 and March 28. The research found that about 90% of those studied had one or more “underlying condition” and nearly 75% were 50 years of age or older.
The 5 most common underlying conditions of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization, according to the study:
Hypertension: 49.7%
Obesity: 48.3%
Chronic lung disease: 34.6%
Diabetes mellitus: 28.3%
Cardiovascular disease: 27.8%
Obesity was the most prevalent underlying condition for patients under 65; for those over 65, hypertension was number one.
The large majority of hospitalizations were people 50 and older (74.5%). Almost all the rest (24.7%) were between 18 and 49 years of age. Patients admitted to the hospital who were under 18 made up only 0.4% of the total.
More men (54.4%) were hospitalized than women. And African-Americans were disproportionately impacted, making up 33.1% of COVID-19 hospital admissions in the study. (The African-American population overall in the U.S. is about 12%.)
The reported COVID-19 death rates range wildly from country to country, from less than 1% in Israel at the end of March to a stunning 11% in Italy. These death rates are likely to come down over time as testing becomes widespread, leading to greater knowledge about the prevalence of people infected with the coronavirus who are asymptomatic.
The CDC writes that the study’s findings "underscore the importance of preventive measures (e.g., social distancing, respiratory hygiene, and wearing face coverings in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain) to protect older adults and persons with underlying medical conditions, as well as the general public.”
Over 50% of American adults have hypertension.
the third cause of death in the USA is medical delay
and misDx.
so.
how many of the dead had treatment
consisting of HCQ and Zpak delayed??
and how many of those, had their suffrance wrought
for POLITICAL REASONS?
I’m doing Keto.
Hypertension down 75%
Obesity gone. Now just overweight.
The poorest people are the most likely to be obese, something that has never happened until now. Everyone is generally fatter, supposedly the average woman now weighs more than the average man did in 1960. Men have ballooned up even more comparatively.
Freegards
Is Stage 4 TDS considered an underlying morbidity?
I'm not sure if I "have" it, or not. I've been taking Cozaar daily for decades. My blood pressure is tested pretty often and it is always pretty normal. (E.g. 130 or less over 80 or less; sometimes even low normal: 100/65.)
ML/NJ
I have hypertension and pre-stage diabetes. So if I get Coronavirus, it’s ok if I die, as I have pre-existing conditions, according to a lot of people in this forum.
True, but I see lots of overweight and obese upper middle class folks. One thing I have noticed over the years is that there do not appear to be many seriously overweight people in their mid-seventies and eighties. Even Ted Kennedy only made it to 77 despite his wealth and power.
Ask Dr. Fauci. I'm pretty sure it would be found in the list of health inequality issues that he is pitching.
Trifecta is obesity, the diabetes is earned. I warned a friend for years. He became diabetic. Told him if you fix this after a cardiac stay in the hospital you won’t need insulin anymore.
He started dropping weight, but later started drinking and chowing down again. Gained lots of weight back. Said stop bringing up his health.
Last year he had a stroke.
He was fortunate to mostly recover. Most are not.
“Is Stage 4 TDS considered an underlying morbidity?”
Could be but I’m surrounded by it. They actually enjoy their bubble of zombies.
It’s a TDS Zombie Apocalypse here.
“Over 50% of American adults have hypertension.”
While Americans certainly have become less healthy over time, I do find it interesting that the definition of ‘normal’ blood pressure seems to drop over time too.
In any case, as I’ve pointed out before, I doubt Coronavirus checks medical records to determine who has high blood pressure, before attacking them (as that is about the only way to figure it out in most cases). So perhaps it might be wise to consider looking at the drugs they are on, and whether it might be smart to cut back on them somewhat until we’re done with the virus.
In my case, I have strong enough prescriptions to get my bp down to 125/80, but I’ve cut back, so now it’s around 145/95. Still low enough to keep me from dropping dead, but also a less drugs in my system. Plus, it greatly extends my stash of drugs!
Every income level group has supposedly bloated up in the last several decades+. But the poorest are now the most likely to be the fattest.
Freegards
That there was the best funny of the week.
If you have any other medical condition (which most people do) - it isn’t COVID19 that killed you - it was something else - and it is “cooking the books” to say that it did, even you would have still been alive had you not caught it - and of course, as many are also saying (even now), the COVID19 virus is no more serious to get than the ordinary common cold.
My wife is 82 and has a chronic lung infection. I think highly vulnerable citizens should receive hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic (as do many health workers).
I read yesterday that the problem with high blood pressure is the medicine. ACE inhibitors cause receptors in the body to be able to host Covid 19 much more easily.
I assume that you are not in the high risk category.
That is true.
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