Anyone who regularly participates in sport and actively exercises circumvents the risk of a severe or even fatal course of Covid-19.
Physically inactive people have to be
treated
three times more often in the hospital
or in the intensive care unit
after an infection with the corona virus than those
who are active in sports
because of severe disease courses *
They suffer a
fatal outcome
up to six times more often
.
Experts from the German Lung Foundation warn against this, citing current study results.
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Inactive people more often suffer severe and fatal courses of Covid-19
People who exercise less than 10 minutes per week are considered to be inactive.
On the other hand, people who exercise for more than 150 minutes a week are active in sports - and that at medium to high intensity.
This includes jogging or cycling, for example, according to the Californian study to which the experts from the German Lung Foundation refer.
But you don't have to be a high-performance athlete to avoid severe coronavirus disease.
Even with a medium fitness level (11 to 149 minutes of exercise per week),
less severe courses and less frequent deaths are
found.
However, no connection to this observation can currently be proven.
But those who do not exercise also risk obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Three Consequences
Known
as
Corona Risk Factors
.
"On the other hand, it is known that regular physical activity
improves immune function,
" says Prof. Adrian Gillissen, according to "LUNG MEDIATORS on the Internet".
He is Deputy Chairman of the German Lung Foundation and Director of the Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumology at the Ermstalklinik Reutlingen-Bad Urach.
“Regular physical activity also has an
anti-inflammatory
effect
.
Therefore, people who are physically active on a regular basis are less likely to get seriously ill with viral infections, ”he continues.
In previous studies it has also been proven that regular exercise has a positive effect on the entire cardiovascular system, which is beneficial in the case of corona disease.
"Exercise seems to stimulate the immune system and make infections
less likely to break out,
"
says
Dr.
Fritz Wimbauer according to "MRI" sure.
He is senior physician at the Polyclinic for Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine, Sports Cardiology at the Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
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