According to the news of the spokesman Nazan Doğaner Halıcı, Professor Dr. Erk’s explanations are as follows:
Covid-19, which continues to spread fear all over the world, is small and mild in children and young people. The incidence of the disease under the age of 15 is 10-15 percent. The mortality rate between the ages of 20-50 is 2 per thousand.
Under 45, the rate of entering intensive care is 12 percent. Despite this, the disease can be severe in young people and children.
MORE PREFERRED IN MEN
The rate of deaths before the age of 60 in Turkey, 21.3 percent. This rate is 4 times higher than Europe and 9 times higher than the world average. Bunda; The effect of excessive obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, intense smoking and nutritional disorders in young and middle-aged people is great.
It is thought that the severe course of the disease in young people and adults may have some genetic causes. Differences in genes regulating the immune system, different blood groups and changes in genes that determine the ACE-2 protein that causes the virus to enter the human cell are thought to play a role in the severe course of the disease.
The disease is more common in men and is more lethal. Looking at the world average, 65-70 percent of the dead are male. In this respect, male gender and advanced age are a significant risk factor.
There are behavioral, hormonal and immune system related causes of this disease more frequent and severe in men.
They smoke a lot more than women. The disease is 10-14 times more severe in smokers. Testosterone, the male hormone, has a negative effect on the immune system, and there is one of the chromosomes that regulate the immune system in men.
In addition, men wash less hands than women, use less soap, pay less attention to their health and apply to the doctor late.
WHY WOMEN HAVE ADVANTAGES?
The immune system of women is stronger and antibody responses are higher. For this reason, cancer and infectious diseases are less common in women.
The female hormone estrogen strengthens the immune system, and women have more genes to support the immune system. Women use much less cigarettes and alcohol than men, pay more attention to their health and care about hygiene.
On the other hand, at least 30 percent of people do not show any signs and symptoms. Therefore, these people are highly infectious and have the ability to spread the disease for at least 15 days.
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