\nPre existing lifestyle associated inflammatory diseases are often treated with symptomatic medications and the root cause of inflammation and immune system derailment, the lifestyle factors are not identified or addressed.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Covid19 infection is similar to other types of flu, but for those who have pre existing lifestyle diseases complications can occur. Lifestyle diseases are defined as diseases linked with the way people live their life. These are non-communicable diseases. This is commonly caused by lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, alcohol, drugs and smoking. Diseases that mostly develop as a result of our lifestyle are heart disease, stroke, obesity, autoimmune diseases, allergies, cancer and diabetes. It also include Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, atherosclerosis, asthma, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome hypertension, metabolic syndrome, chronic kidney failure, osteoporosis, PCOD, depression, obesity and vascular dementia.<\/span><\/p>\n\nOften ignorance about hypertension promotes patients to go for drug therapy at the initial stage itself when lifestyle correction should be the preferred option.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n- Asymptomatic<\/b>. Some healthy people who are infected with Covid19 virus may not develop noticeable symptoms at any point in time.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Common symptoms<\/b> of Covid19 infection include fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, and loss of smell and taste. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Other symptoms.<\/b> Some people experience gastrointestinal symptoms such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, or nausea. Some people have a sore throat, headache, vertigo, or other symptoms.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Duration<\/b>. The time from exposure to onset of symptoms is typically around five days, but may range from two to fourteen days. Mild cases typically recover within two weeks, while those with severe or critical diseases may take three to six weeks to recover. Among those who have died, the time from symptom onset to death has ranged from two to eight weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Complications<\/b> can occur in patients having pre existing lifestyle diseases, In such patients disease may progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) possibly precipitated by cytokine storm, multi-organ failure, septic shock, and blood clots. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Pneumonia and Post Covid Pulmonary fibrosis<\/b> is a serious complication which may affect the quality of life in the long run.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Comorbidities. <\/b>Most of those who die of COVID\u201119 or develop post covid sequelae have pre-existing (underlying) conditions including obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal disease and cardiovascular disease. Reports show 97% of people died had at least one comorbidity with the average person having 2.7 diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Cardiovascular complications<\/b> may include heart failure, arrhythmias, heart inflammation, and blood clots.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Liver<\/b>. Approximately 20\u201330% of people who present with COVID\u201119 have elevated liver enzymes reflecting liver injury.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Neurologic manifestations <\/b>include seizure, stroke, encephalitis, and Guillain\u2013Barr\u00e9 syndrome (which includes loss of motor functions).<\/span><\/li>\n
- Children <\/b>may develop paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, which has symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease, which can be fatal. Over fat children with sedentary and unhealthy eating habits are more prone for Covid associated complications.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Many aspects of health challenges associated with this novel virus are not yet clear and may take years for getting a clear picture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Understanding the root cause of Covid19 associated complications is important for prevention and\u00a0 treatment of covid associated health challenges. Lifestyle associated change in body composition with an increase in fat mass to lean mass ratio and an increase in essential fatty acid omega 6 to 3 ratio at cellular level leads to chronic inflammation in the body. This high level of inflammation has a major role in increased incidence of Covid19 associated complications. This root cause is also related to a group of lifestyle related diseases where presence of one may indicate the presence of one or more of the others. <\/span><\/p>\n\nThe real villain in Covid19 pandemic is the pre existing hyper inflammatory status of the body’s immune system associated with lifestyle diseases like diabetes, obesity, hypertension etc and not the Covid19 virus.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n