An 18 year old has died in the UK of Coronavirus

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Most adults have some sort of underlying medical condition

Err, no, I don't think so. Not unless you count stupidity!

Most adults have some sort of underlying medical condition.

They really don’t.

Why won’t they tell us what these underlying health conditions that keep getting mentioned are?

Underlying health conditions could be anything from cystic fibrosis, through diabetes, weakened heart function, kidney transplant, cancer to chronic asthma, any of which an 18 year old could have. No good speculating, I expect the family would appreciate some privacy.

Even if it was a serious underlying health condition, I'm thinking things like CF. It doesn't make their life any less valuable. It doesn't mean that they were seriously ill, or didn't have a long life ahead of them

If people think that there will not be many many deaths in this country of people without any underlying conditions, especially over 30, they are dreaming. Even if we lockdown tomorrow, it is too late to stop that.

Most adults have some sort of underlying medical condition. It's a sop to keep people calm "won't get me"

Maybe they should stop mentioning this to prevent people from becoming complacent - and stop selfish, rich arseholes from travelling to their second home in Cornwall/Devon/Lake district/the coast etc.

I am so annoyed and disappointed at people who disregard the guidelines. We need new statutory laws to prevent these thick, stupid arseholes from spreading this horrible virus.

A 36 year old nurse from the West Midlands is in intensive care “making very little progress” with Covid-19, and she has no underlying health conditions....

Why won’t they tell us what these underlying health conditions that keep getting mentioned are?

Just because you die from corona, doesnt mens the ou license are entitled to know you personal details.

Dish, while I absolutely agree wholeheartedly - people like op just take the sensationalist/gossip side of it and run with it, without taking the stress and harm shit like this thread cause. They just want to cause drama and upset. And it stinks.

I'm a smoker (as are six million others in the UK). Does that count?

It doesn't make their life any less valuable. It doesn't mean that they were seriously ill, or didn't have a long life ahead of them

Of course it doesnt- I dont think anyone thinks this.

But its still important we know the facts of what happened and in this case there was an underlying condition. What, we obviously dont know and rightly so, thats private to the family. It is important we know so that we can ascertain the risk level for each individual.

with Covid-19, and she has no underlying health conditions.

Given her job, she was likely under immense pressure and stress and exhausted.

That really impacts your immune system.

Most 18-40s really don't have underlying conditions. Or if they do, they have ones that are irrelevant.

Between me and DH we can clock up about 7 underlying conditions and we are mid-40s. But only one of these is relevent and that is my mild, well controlled asthma.

I wouldn't expect DH's eye condition or my migraine to be announced as 'they had an underlying condition'.

The 21-yr-old in Spain had undiagnosed leukaemia which is about as sick as you can be without knowing it. He sadly managed to get COVID-19 the same time as he was diagnosed - he had no chance.

Your thread title was bound to cause upset and stress.

These threads are fucking awful. MN is unusable atm.

I'd like to know what these underlying health Conditions are.
My partner has IBD and I'm so concerned for him.

How dreadful. I know people die every day. I just wish the young would start acting more sensibly. They think they’re invincible.

Poor lad went before his time, underlying health issues or not.
Such sad times.

High blood pressure has been mentioned as an underlying condition. Have had it since my 20s at least. Not uncommon.

You can easily find the list of main conditions of Italians who died.
The list is overwhelmingly cardiovascular.
ischemic heart disease, hypertension, atrial fibrillation ... near top of list.
Few people under 40 have them.

That's desperately sad. My heart goes out to the individual's family and friends. I'm afraid that there will be more such tragedies, and yet people are still ignoring the government advice.

My friends 15 Yr old has had it. He picked it up in Alder hey, he also has cystic fibrosis.

Otherwise pretty healthy, has friends, is popular etc. He lives a normal life. Well as normal as he can get. He isn't some sickly kid, lying pale faced in bed all day with a life that isn't worth living. And thank God after a stint in ICU he pulled through (( his cf tends to target the gut so he suffers more with the gastric side))

People saying yes but they had underlying health conditions doesn't make it OK. Their lives still matter, theyre still living fulfilling lives and should be able to do that as long as they can. If this virus takes everyone who has an underlying health condition that's a hell of a lot of mourning and dead people to have on our conscience

Im concerned because my 20 year old is on the list of most 'at risk' patients and I want to know if the 18 year old had the same condition.
Im worried because we have had the cystic fibrosis trust saying one thing, a report of a consultant saying that if lung function is above 50% then its not any different to anyone else, yet her disease is one of the ones listed.
So yes, although its horrific, I do wish for others sakes, they would tell us what the condition was

I've got arthritis in my knees

That's osteoarthritis, otherwise known as wear and tear. It is not an inflammatory type of arthritis, which is caused by the body's immune system attacking itself. If it was an inflammatory form of the condition, you'd have a damn sight more problems than your knees. Osteo is not an underlying condition.