Another Concern For Over-Weights : More Prone to Swine Flu

On top of every health concern that poor over-weights and obese are facing , there is another threat to their cosy cuddly existence.

Over- weights are likely to lose 2 years of their poor life with increase of an inch.They are more prone to heart attacks and hypertension because of over-worked heart.Diabetes,depression,poor self-image,Bulimia,and many other side effects and consequences of being over-weight.Yet, there is one more shocking and worrying news for obese persons.According to latest findings and observations , swine flu virus seems to like soft,cuddly and big bodies.

A recent report shows a “striking” prevalence of obesity among patients hospitalized in Michigan.

Video Showing That Obese People are more Likely to Catch Swine Flu.

Nine of 10 patients with the pandemic flu strain admitted to an intensive care unit at Ann Arbor from late May to early June, were obese and seven were “extremely obese,” with a body mass index of at least 40, doctors said. Three of the 10 died and seven had no other known health problems.

A survey of people hospitalized because of swine flu in California has raised the possibility that obesity is as much of a risk factor for serious complications from flu as diabetes, heart disease and pregnancy, all known to raise a person's risk.

"We were surprised by the frequency of obesity among the severe cases that we've been tracking," said Anne Schuchat, one of the CDC epidemiologists managing the swine-flu outbreak.
She said "we're looking into" the possibility that obese people should be at the head of the line along with other high-risk groups if a swine-flu vaccine becomes available.

Some other studies have shown that pregnant women are also at higher risk for serious influenza infection, especially in the third trimester when the fetus and womb compress the lower regions of the lungs. This makes it harder to breathe deeply and cough forcefully; it may also alter blood flow in the chest. A similar thing may be occurring in severely overweight people, some experts speculated.

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