COVID-19 Pandemic Has Worsened Other Health Conditions

Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 -- 1:01 PM

(Bob Hague, WRN) The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have worsened other health conditions.

Dr. Sandra Kamnetz at UW Health says an increase in people seeking treatment is leading to longer waits at healthcare facilities statewide. "People are sicker because one they've delayed their care. They've not gone into the office to be seen.

I think they're also more stressed, less active. I would encourage them to go in and see their physician and get the things that they have to do in person, like colon cancer screenings, cervical cancer screenings."

Kamnetz says things like depression, weight loss, smoking cessation and alcohol abuse can be addressed through telehealth. Since July 1 of last year, preventative care appointments were the most likely to be canceled, according to results from a survey of more than 18-hundred people conducted by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

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