Being Obese will Increase Risk of Complications Against the H1N1
Obese people may be at particular risk of severe complications or even death due to the new H1N1 virus, U.S. researchers reported.
They described the cases of 10 patients at a hospital in Michigan who were so ill they had to be connected to mechanical ventilators. Three died. Nine of the 10 were obese, seven were severely obese, including two of the three who died.
The study, published as a weekly progress report of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, for its initials in English) on deaths and infections, also suggests that doctors can safely double the usual dose of oseltamivir, medicine Roche AG sold under the name Tamiflu.
