Department of Pediatric Endocrinology
THE YOGIC INSIGHT
ISSN: 2582-9076
(A PEER REVIEWED REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNAL)
YOGA AND COVID 19 RISK FACTORS
KASHINATH G METRI

Abstract

The whole world is facing the COVID19 pandemic. It has affected more than 213 countries and so far it has caused more than 8 lacks deaths worldwide. Evidence suggests that around more than 50% of the COVID19 positive cases had one more comorbidies. The most common comorbidies reported are hypertension, type 2-diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Further, COVID 19 positive patients with comorbidies had poor prognosis and higher mortality rate compared to controls. Yoga is a safe and cost effective mind body intervention that has got many positive effects in both clinical and non-clinical population. Yoga has positive impact on hypertension, T2DM and CVD which are found to be the risk factors for COVID 19. Yoga intervention is effective in reducing blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, baroreflex sensitivity in healthy and in patients with hypertension, and also improves lung capacity. It also reduces inflammation, insulin resistance, BMI, and helps to improve HbA1c in T2DM patients. Hence, Yoga intervention may have an important role in prevention and management of COVID 19. Considering the potential health benefiting of yoga in previous studies we hypothesized that yoga intervention may help to reduce the risk factors of COVID 19 morbidity and mortality. This review strongly recommends the experimental studies on yoga in COVID 19.

Keywords : Yoga, COVID19, Risk Factors