Covid-19 and Pandemic situation

Risk factors of post Covid-19 Syndrome What you need to know? Many people recover quickly from COVID-19. But for some, symptoms can continue months after recovery and may involve multiple organs. This is known as Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. In a study supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, researchers studied samples from COVID-19 patients over time, which led to many insights, including some of the risk factors for Long COVID. What did the researchers do? The researchers enrolled 209 people ages 18 to 89 who had laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. The participants’ COVID-19 experiences ranged from having mild symptoms and never having to be hospitalized to needing mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. With the participants’ consent, researchers studied...

  Drug abuse or substance abuse refers to the use of certain chemicals for the purpose of creating pleasurable effects on the brain. There are over 190 million drug users around the world and the problem has been increasing at alarming rates, especially among young adults under the age of 30. Apart from the long term damage to the body drug abuse causes, drug addicts who use needles are also at risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis B and C infections. Causes of drug use Drugs of abuse are usually psychoactive drugs that are used by people for various different reasons which may include: Curiosity and peer pressure, especially among school children and young adults The use of prescription drugs that were originally intended to target pain relief may have turned into recreational use and become addictive Chemicals may be used as part of religious practices or rituals Recreational purposes As a means of obtaining creative inspiration. Addiction vs. Abuse and Tolerance Drug abuse ...

  The Link Between Mental Illness and Poverty Poverty, which many describes as a scarcity of employment and income, aggravates mental disease . When individuals don't have the necessities for survival, mental disorders like depression or anxiety can develop and intensify. The National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reported, of the 9.8 million adults within the U.S. suffering from a significant mental disease , 2.5 million live below the poverty level . Adults are not only ones that are affected by poverty. Children living in poverty experience high levels of stress and anxiety a bit like adults. "Economic growth is unlikely to reinforce mental state within an equivalent way it improves physical health. While many aspects of health correlate positively with GDP per capita at the country level, mental illness doesn't ." In other words, if countries get richer overall, psychological state doesn't recover . The richer countries have higher level of mental illn...