Sharifi Yasaman, Ebrahimpur Mahbube, Payab Moloud, Larijani Bagher
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2022 Dec 26;36:177. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.36.177. eCollection 2022.
The syndemic theory is based on the interaction of two or more epidemics. This phenomenon is important in the current COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic affects all aspects of human life, including the management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and so on. This effect may have an impact not only on the management of the underlying NCDs but also on the infection and prognosis of COVID-19. Another aspect of this syndemic is that the health policies in each country have been revolutionized as a result of this pandemic, and the association of COVID-19 with other NCDs necessitates the implementation of new policies to properly manage this syndemic. In this paper, we review the syndemic theory, how the COVID-19 pandemic could be classified as a syndemic with other NCDs, and how this pandemic changes circumstances for policymakers in any country, particularly the Islamic Republic of Iran.
综合征理论基于两种或更多种流行病的相互作用。这种现象在当前的新冠疫情中很重要。这场大流行影响人类生活的方方面面，包括癌症、糖尿病、高血压等非传染性疾病（NCDs）的管理。这种影响可能不仅对潜在的非传染性疾病的管理有影响，而且对新冠病毒感染和预后也有影响。这种综合征的另一个方面是，由于这场大流行，每个国家的卫生政策都发生了变革，而且新冠病毒与其他非传染性疾病的关联使得有必要实施新政策来妥善管理这种综合征。在本文中，我们回顾了综合征理论、新冠疫情如何被归类为与其他非传染性疾病相关的综合征，以及这场大流行如何改变任何国家，特别是伊朗伊斯兰共和国政策制定者面临的情况。
