
People with chronic diseases of the cardiovascular, respiratory and central nervous systems, chronic kidney diseases, metabolic diseases, diabetes mellitus, chronic anemia, immunodeficiency, as well as pregnant and elderly people are at increased risk of contracting ARVI, said Lyubov Semeikina from the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Primorsky Territory.
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ARVI (acute respiratory viral infection) is a group of diseases caused by various viruses, including influenza and other respiratory pathogens. People with weakened immune systems or chronic pathologies are more vulnerable to complications.
People with chronic diseases, immunodeficiency, pregnant women and the elderly are at increased risk of contracting ARVI.
People with chronic diseases of the cardiovascular, respiratory, central nervous systems, chronic kidney diseases, metabolic diseases, as well as diabetes and chronic anemia are especially at risk of developing ARVI.
VLADIVOSTOK, October 3 – RIA Novosti. People with chronic diseases, immunodeficiency, pregnant women and the elderly are at increased risk of contracting ARVI, Lyubov Semeikina, head of the epidemiology department of the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Primorsky Territory, told RIA Novosti.
“People suffering from chronic somatic diseases, including diseases and malformations of the cardiovascular, respiratory and central nervous systems, chronic kidney diseases, and metabolic diseases are especially at risk of developing ARVI,” Semeikina said.
According to her, people with diabetes mellitus, chronic anemia, congenital and acquired immunodeficiency, as well as pregnant women and the elderly are also susceptible to diseases.

Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko said that obesity threatens Russians along with diabetes due to its connection with endocrine diseases, and also noted that about a third of cancers in the world are caused by viruses.

Obesity is directly related to endocrinological diseases and threatens the health of Russians, just like diabetes mellitus, which has received the status of a non-infectious pandemic, said Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko.

The Russian office of the WHO said that in the autumn-winter period, an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in the European region is possible, despite the fact that in recent years peaks of SARS-CoV-2 activity have occurred in the summer months. Virus activity is currently increasing in several countries in the western part of the WHO European Region.

The Russian Ministry of Health has registered the domestic allergen vaccine “Allergarda” for the prevention and treatment of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. The drug is contraindicated in autoimmune, immune complex and cardiovascular diseases, as well as in treatment with beta-blockers, including eye drops.

Rospotrebnadzor reported that more than 60 mobile laboratories created in Russia operate in 20 countries, each capable of conducting up to a thousand studies per day on more than 40 infections.

Neurologist Alexander Tkachev said in an interview with RT that the flu can cause dangerous neurological complications, including encephalitis and encephalopathy, which can manifest themselves in the first days of the disease. He noted that severe forms of complications are associated with an excessive inflammatory response of the immune system, and not always with direct penetration of the virus into the brain. Alarming symptoms require immediate calling an ambulance, especially in children. Rehabilitation can be lengthy, and some patients have permanent neurological problems.