Gov list of vulnerable conditions here

[Helenj1977]

Updated this evening. I can't remember how to do links 🤔

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

Gah. Asthma-check. Fat fuck-check. Another condition on the list which is controlled by meds but no one at work knows about. Bugger, I’m going to have to disclose to my boss.

I have asthma which I have to take brown inhalers for daily so I'm guessing that means me? My two year old has hemiplegia a type of cerebral palsy and now I'm so confused if I need to take her out of nursery. I'm feeling so confused and worried.

Asthmatic here, been taking steroid and ventolin inhalers since I was 10, last hosp admission was well over 25 years ago.
I'm currently isolating as have a cough and shivery. I can't seriously isolate for 12 weeks, I work in a school and they're stretched to breaking point at the min.

Thanks I've not got a spleen and I've been looking for this sort of list all evening

I am confused as like others have seen elsewhere about high blood pressure but this isn't in here

Tinybluerose the article about ACE-inhibitors was inconclusive.

You and your husband can take personal responsibility for yourselves. He would certainly come into the category of people who should socially distance, but it's up to him whether he does it or not.

I’m mildly asthmatic (usually only an issue when I’m ill or out in the cold) but I am a big old chubber. I also have some lung scarring from a spell of recurrent bronchitis and pleurisy about ten years ago.

I work in a public facing job (not health care) and would be coming into contact with a lot of people, adults and children.

Think I’m going to have a word with my manager, as my job makes social distancing all but impossible.

You need to read the link not just the attached list. It explains about other conditions. The list is for social distancing not necessarily isolation.

So do they not mean "morbidly obese (BMI of 40 or over)

I suspect they want to avoid using the word 'morbid' which has connotations of death.

It looks to me as though diabetes is included in the list, but not pre-diabetes. I hope so anyway, as both of my parents are pre-diabetic. But isn’t a high blood sugar level bad for the immune system?

It would be nice to have some clarity as my parents don’t think they need to self-isolate and want to carry on as normal.

Learning disabilities is included on the list, is that for adults only or including children? Work in a secondary school with children who have additional needs. So far they are all in school. Some are quite physically frail.

I'm 55 and have Cerebral Palsy Hemiplegia,and I've just seen I'm considered vulnerable,and need to self isolate for 12 weeksIs that correct?? Thank God for Mumsnet!

I’m not leaving the house til I get my bmi down.

Does anyone know if the same rules apply to children? Or if these rules apply to those with hypothyroidism? Dsis ask me this and I’m not certain. I know she would be eligible for free medicine when she becomes an adult but I’m not sure if she would be offered the flu jab.

@whatisforteamum up until yesterday I didn't use a brown inhaler (prescription given yesterday as asthma is no longer in control) but as I had a blue inhaler my surgery said I should have a flu jab every year, imo you should be being offered it.

Are underweight people at risk?

It looks like those who are at risk will be informed by the NHS.

Copy and pasted from the NHS website:

The NHS will contact you from Monday 23 March 2020 if you are at particularly high risk of getting seriously ill with coronavirus. You'll be given specific advice about what to do.

Do not contact your GP or healthcare team at this stage – wait to be contacted.

"Learning disabilities is included on the list, is that for adults only or including children?"

I think the issue with learning disabilities is the inability of the person to communicate they feel unwell and relieing on others around them picking up the signs. This is going to be more of a problem with adults living in care homes. I would expect parents of children to pick up signs of potential illness early in the same way you would with a young child.

@IamHyouweegobshite I also work in a school. I contacted SLT last night and made it clear that Weds is my last day.

I'm lucky I have DH to support us financially. But if I have to leave my job so be it. And I would imagine that the schools will close at some point so even if your school is at breaking point, it won't be for much longer.

Boris was not very clear when he talked about the 12 week thing.
So to be clear, the list at the top is of people who they strongly advise to limit social contact. Mild asthma (ie not needing a steroid inhaler) does not put you on that list. We should all be limiting social contact, but people on the list really should stick to it.
If you have a SERIOUS health condition, you will be contacted by the NHS from Monday 23rd to tell you about extra measures you should take. This is the '12 week quarantine'. If you don't fall into any of the categories here, you don't have to stay indoors for 12 weeks. Pregnant women aren't on this list, so although you should take care, you don't need to be housebound for 3 months.

This list is of people who would be seriously, seriously unwell (sadly, I'm on it) if we were to catch the virus. These are who the respirators will be needed for. So do us all a favour and stick to the rules eh? DH has to go to work, he has no choice currently. So people like us are counting on healthy people to just stay the hell away and limit our risk.

@MitebiteonFrightNite thanks, that's much clearer than anything I've managed to find. I have RA and take Dmards and really confused whether I fall into an at risk category. I guess wait and see if I get a phone call next week

Both dh and I are “at risk” and ds3 has asthma (brown and blue inhaler). If the schools haven’t closed by Wednesday I think I have no choice but to pull him out. Better being “that Mum” than ds growing up without parents! I really feel for those living in flats and apartments in built up areas especially with young children. We are quite rural, have plenty outside space and it still won’t be easy.

I think there is some confusion on this thread.

My understanding, from the government guidances, is that there are two sets of ‘vulnerable’ people. Those who need to self-isolate for twelve weeks based on health conditions, and those with even more severe health conditions that will need to follow even more stringent measures.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

Has anyone seen this?

www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/high-risk-complications.html