I am a doctor and here is why Trump should be alarmed
The president is a much higher risk of serious infection than most people.
On Friday, it was revealed that President Donald Trump and the first Lady Melania Trump were tested positive for COVID-19. While the Chief of the White House of the mark Mark Meadows stated that Trump "feel light symptoms", but "energetic" Friday morning, some health experts are concerned about his infection because of the fact that he belonged to the category "high risk" of the virus. "There are certain conditions that increase the risk of serious illness in people with COVID-19 infection,"Vivek Cherian, MD, an internal medicine doctor based in Baltimore and a member of the American College of Physicians, explains toEat this, not that! Health. Read it, and to cross this pandemic with your healthiest, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
His age
"The age of the President (74) also puts him at a higher risk because all persons over the age of 65 are in this category, whether it is a pre-existing health condition or not," Stresses Dr. Cherian. TheUS centers for the fight against disease and preventionDeclares that people aged 65 to 74 are five times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and have a risk of deaths 90 times larger CVIV-19 compared to young adults aged 18 to 29 years.
Her sex
The sex of President Trump brings it at risk. According to the CDC, men are more likely to suffer a serious COVID-19 infection, be hospitalized and die of the virus than women.
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He is obese
By Dr. Cherian and CDC, obesity is one of the main risk factors for COVID-19. According to his most recent IMC, President Trump is considered a clinical obese. In June, his physique revealed that he weighed 244 pounds with a height of 6 feet 6 feet in height, with a 30.5 BMI, considered slightly obese. The CDC maintains that this risk factor makes someone three times more likely to be hospitalized with the virus.
Other risk factors
Fortunately, for Trump, there are not many other risk factors that he does not have. "Other conditions such as arterial hypertension, diabetes and heart disease also increase the risk of a person," says Dr. Cherian. "However, by the doctors of the President, he has never been diagnosed with these conditions." And, according to Trump, he does not drink and does not smoke, "who are also factors of risk of severe infection".
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