Age, excess weight, and male gender are the three key factors that put Donald Trump at risk of developing serious complications from the coronavirus. Warning, risk does not mean certainty: most of the people who get sick with Covid-19 recover and the simple fact of falling into the categories at risk does not mean that Trump will get seriously ill. The president of the United States is hospitalized with a fever and is being treated with a antibody drug cocktail and Remdesivir antiviral. On his side he has that he will surely receive the best treatments to recover from the disease.
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Age
His age, 74, is the number one risk factor. Studies from around the world have found that over 75 have a 4.2% chance of dying after being infected. At that age, it is estimated that one in 25 people who contract Covid-19 cannot overcome the disease. Over the age of 85, 1 in 7 does not make it, 90 in 1 in 4. In the United States, 8 out of 10 deaths involved people over 65. According to a model from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), people in Trump’s age group are five times more likely to need hospital treatment and 90 times more likely to die than someone in their 20s. However, it is still unclear whether the reason for a worse prognosis is something related to age, such as the immune system becoming less efficient over time, or whether age is just a shortcut to being in generally worse health. “Age is also linked to heart disease, lung disease, type 2 diabetes, so it’s hard to tell if it’s their age or if there are other health problems,” said Prof Ravindra Gupta, of the University of Cambridge. to Bbc.
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Obesity
Donald Trump weighs 111 pounds and is 190 centimeters tall, so he has a body mass index (BMI) just over 30 and this places him in the clinical definition of obesity. Research has shown that people with obesity who contract Covid 19 are 113% more likely than people of normal weight to end up in hospital, 74% more likely to be hospitalized in intensive care and 48% more likely to die. Fat in the body can affect the work of the immune system’s white blood cells, causing inflammation levels to rise, which when excessive can lead to death (cytokine storm). But again, obesity is linked to a number of underlying health problems including type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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Male sex
In the first wave of the pandemic, there were more men than women in need of hospital treatment with 60 percent or more of Covid-19 deaths occurring among men. It has been seen that gMen produce a weaker immune response to the virus compared to women who, on the other hand, with their immune system, defend themselves better, even in old age.
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High cholesterol
The president also has a history of high cholesterol and still takes statins to control levels. His doctors have reported a buildup of plaque in his blood vessels in a mild to moderate range and urged him to introduce some lifestyle changes.
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