In 2023, the US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy explained the mental and physical impacts of loneliness and advised people to take healing processes like social communities and genuine connections.

Staying alone and being lonely is not the same as studies found that the term ‘loneliness’ is often considered as a big risk factor that may push people to various medical conditions. Research published in PLOS Medicine stated that loneliness will lead to illness and is equivalent to the effect of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. This illness may slowly take you to death and loneliness is more insidious than obesity and other physical inactivity.

In 2023, the US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy explained the mental and physical impacts of loneliness and advised people to take healing processes like social communities and genuine connections. Many Research shows that experts agree with the risk factor associated with loneliness leading to heart disease, depression and even dementia.

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According to a study published in the journal PLOS Medicine in 2010, loneliness is considered a major cause impacting physical and mental health which would further lead to far-reaching consequences in future. It was taken into concern by major countries appointing ministers of loneliness in 2018 and 2021. After that people started thinking about how serious it can be leading people to different medical conditions and slowly to death.

As per the Lancet‘s study series on loneliness and social isolation, Melody Ding and colleagues have found that health professionals can further alleviate the condition by having meaningful interactions with the patients would be considered the most useful contribution. People are not aware of getting medical help to curb this issue and carry it as an undisclosed burden that may lead to severe health problems and physical conditions. It is indispensable to appreciate the health dimensions of loneliness with valuable measures, taking the necessary approach and construing it as a major threat to the human body and mind.

The comparison of loneliness to smoking broadly explains how intense the condition is, but the lack in number to cures for the disease with potential solutions could lead this to sprawl out globally as people are now more confined and are not into healthy connections revering social judgements.

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