Why COVID-19 is Dangerous for Obese People?

Why obese people are at a higher risk for COVID-19?

It has been evident that Obesity contributes to diseases like Type-2 Diabetes, Stroke, Heart-related diseases, Hypertension, and along with that, it affects the respiratory system and causes respiratory disorders like obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary embolism, and aspiration pneumonia. So if any person is severely obese, he might have one of these diseases as well, which can increase the severity of COVID-19 in the patient.

• It has been observed that the risk of getting complications with obese people is 2 times higher.
• Obese patients have low immunity as compared to a fit person
• Males in India are mostly affected with abdominal obesity, which can cause compression of the diaphragm and lungs, can reduce chest capacity.

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