COVID-19

It is an infectious disease caused by a most recently discovered coronavirus. It is an outbreak of an unknown virus before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China in December 2019. It is impacting many of the countries and creating millions of death all over the world.

According to WHO, coronavirus is a large family of viruses which may cause illness in animal or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infection ranging from the common cold to severe middle east respiratory syndrome.

It is said that people catch COVID-19 from others who have virus i.e. it is a communicable disease. It may transfer if the person contacts with another person by hugs, handshake or any other way of physical contact.

The symptoms for catching COVID are:-

1. Fever
2. Dry cough
3. Tiredness

Less common or dangerous symptoms are:-

1. Pains and aches
2. Sore throat
3. Loss in sense of smell or taste
4. Discolourations of fingers

In some cases, the people do not show symptoms like these and have COVID. By these we can tell COVID in some cases are asymptomatic too.

How to prevent it?

1. One of the main solutions is by social distancing that is by staying 6 feet away from each other.
2. Always use a mask when going out.
3. Regularly sanitizing your hand and other things that you bought from others.
4. One of the main is by staying at home.

 

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COVID-19‘S impact on mental health

The impact of COVID on mental health has increased the level of stress in the person who is suffering as they are now scared of what will happen to the will they die? Or what will be their life afterwards? as COVID has become a huge deal people have become more paranoid towards who are sneezing and coughing in front of them. In public mental health terms, the main psychological impact to date is elevated rates of stress or anxiety.

In any case, as new measures and effects are presented

Especially isolate and its consequences for some individuals’ typical exercises, schedules or occupations

Degrees of forlornness, misery, hurtful liquor and medication use, and self-hurt

Self-destructive conduct is additionally expected to rise.

In populaces as of now vigorously influenced, for example, Lombardy in Italy, issues of administration access and coherence for individuals with creating or existing psychological wellness conditions are additionally now a significant worry, alongside the emotional well-being and prosperity of cutting edge labourers.

 

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Lockdown and its effect

The WHO announced on 30th January 2020 that COVID-19 was Chinese epidemic to be an international public health emergency posing a high risk to the vulnerable health care system.

Most of the countries of the world have adopted the way of lockdown over the advance of time to combat this fatal virus in spite of having the possibility of a landslide in the economy.

In India the head administrator of India has pronounced a three-week cross country lock-down beginning from 12 PM the 25th of March 2020 to the fourteenth of April 2020, clarifying that it was a basic and powerful measure for breaking the COVID-19 contamination cycle.

is a basic way to break the pattern of disease.

It affected the people so much as there were no social contraction people who were already diagnosed with mental illness their life becomes worse as there was a great increase in suicide due to loneliness and having no security of jobs whether they are provided for the family or not.

In addition to various psychological problems like:-

1. Depression
2. Anxiety
3. Panic disorder

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe threats to the lives and physical health of people around the globe.

The problems posed by the pandemic were very dangerous as leading thoughts of suicide and tendencies.

Various public health strategies such as isolation of infected or at-risk persons, reduction of social contact, and simple hygiene like frequent hand wash, have been advised to reduce the risk of infection.

Although isolation helps in achieving the goal of reducing infections, reduced access to family, friends, and other social support systems causes loneliness increasing mental issues like anxiety and depression.

The effect of lockdown dangerous to anyone health whether it’s for a normal person also.

 

Detailed impact of COVID in various mental illness

 

Depression

The depression has a great increase in lockdown due to various reason are:-

• Due lack social contact
• Fear of daily survival
• People living alone and have no  one to talk to
• The decrease in level motivation

 

Anxiety

In anxiety, people tend to be scared irrational fear also this increases the chance of getting more panic attacks to those people.

 

Protective factors

.A portion of the components can be:-

Get associated.

Building solid, positive associations with friends and family and companions so they can furnish you with required help and acknowledgement in great and terrible occasions.

1. Make consistently important.
2. Learn for a fact.
3. Remain cheerful.
4. Take care of yourself.
5. Be proactive.

 

Tips On Staying Motivated and Positive During Lockdown

1. Routine is vital
2. Make a routine and attempt to tail it and in the event that impractical, at that point as it is alright
3. Your body is a sanctuary
4. Embrace your feelings
5. Attempt to comprehend your feelings
6. Less is more
7. It is alright on the off chance that you are not profitable but rather attempt to do in any event one thing that will likewise be fine.
8. It’s an ideal opportunity to go disconnected.
9. Keep quiet and read a book – or tune in to a digital broadcast.

Learn new propensities or re-find old one’s

 

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Conclusion

Various people are affected by the COVID especially psychological.

People are in trouble due to lockdown as due to this many people have lost their jobs and are struggling for daily food requirement and to feed any person.

These lead increase high tension and feeling of unproductivity and doing nothing else. This leads to more tension and leads to more self-doubt.

But we have to stay motivated so that we can clear this obstacle in shining colours.