Survey: 40% of people with liver disease have been worried about mental health impact of the pandemic
May 17 2021
A survey by the British Liver Trust in March 2021 has revealed that 40% of people with liver disease have been worried about their mental health during the pandemic.
The findings, released to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, showed that isolation, ‘cabin fever’, being unable to work, anxiety about becoming ill, and pressures of home schooling were some of the reasons liver disease patients gave for a deterioration in their mental health over the past year.
Many people with chronic liver disease are clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 and have had to take extra precautions such as shielding throughout the pandemic.
The huge public health challenge around premature deaths from smoking, obesity and alcohol
British Heart Foundation Cymru says Wales must take action now to ensure the health inequality gap is not widened
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Tobacco costs the Welsh NHS an estimated £386m per year (Image: Unsplash)
British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cymru is calling for action to tackle premature deaths from chronic diseases.
Heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lung disease and complications because of diabetes cause more than half of all deaths in Wales.
This is at least 20,000 every year.
They are known as non-communicable diseases (or NCDs) and many of these deaths could be prevented if more was done to reduce the numbers of people who are overweight or have obesity, who smoke, and who drink more than the recommended amount of alcohol.
‘I relapsed into alcoholism during lockdown – I wouldn’t be alive without my friends’
With the number of alcohol-related deaths surging, one writer shares her experiences and struggles during the pandemic
7 May 2021 • 1:34pm It got to the point where the only time I wasn’t drinking was when I was asleep
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When the pandemic began, I had been sober for several years. After decades of intermittent alcohol dependence, cirrhosis and rehab admissions, I was enjoying the daily pleasures of sober life – simple things that had been impossible when I was drinking like travelling, watercolour painting, photography and relaxing in my garden.
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Kaz Layton from Letchworth will run from Birmingham to London in aid of the Alzheimer s Society
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A Letchworth runner is set to take on his longest route yet - the Grand Union Canal Race - in support of the Alzheimer s Society which supported his friend s family through a dementia diagnosis.
Kazimierz Layton will take on the 145-mile race between his home city of Birmingham and London, raising money for the charity which supports those living with Alzheimer s after a friend of his was affected by the disease.
He said: A close friend of mine recently had to go through a horrid year while his father-in-law very quickly succumbed to dementia so I wanted to do something small to help.
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