A medical expert at the Federal Medical Center, FMC,
Makurdi, Benue State, Ifegbike Kalu, have highlighted reasons why elderly
people are more at risk of contacting Coronavirus than the youths.
Records have it that since the outbreak of Coronavirus in
Wuhan Province of China in 2019, most of its victims have been elderly people.
However, Dr Kalu, in a chat with Daily Post disclosed that
weak immunity and underlying conditions could make elderly people susceptible
to Coronavirus.
Kalu explained that underlying health conditions may weaken
the immune system thereby making it difficult for the white blood cells to
fight diseases in older people.
He said: “The truth is that even when it has to do with
other illnesses there are certain factors that make you susceptible even if you
are very young or old. For example, if you have Malaria the young ones will
likely have more complications than the older people.
“And the same applies to Coronavirus, immunity in the old is
not so strong. I won’t like to go into details of white blood cells, how their
migration and strength fight infections which are very slow and this can be
very overwhelming.
“In the old, nutritional deficiency and sometimes these old
people have underlying condition and other issues. Underlying ailments have a
way of boosting the chances of old people coming down with severe infections
including Coronavirus. Like I said deficiency issues is part of them, you have
to eat well and have nutrients to fight diseases.”
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s coronavirus toll now stands at 12
following the confirmation of four new cases by the federal Ministry of Health
on Thursday.
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