Your Full Guide To Covid-19 & Diabetes
Patients with diabetes have been in the spotlight since the early stages of the pandemic, as growing epidemiological data have revealed they are at higher risk of severe clinical outcomes of COVID-19 . Hospitalization of patients with diabetes due to flu-like infections is up to six times more likely to occur compared to healthy individuals. 1. How high blood sugar specifically increases the risk of complications of COVID-19? People with diabetes have much higher rates of serious complications and death than people without diabetes. 2. Increased COVID-19 severity in individuals with diabetes. SARS-CoV-2 infects the lung tissue via entry through ACE2 receptor and individuals with diabetes have increased ACE2 receptor expression. Medications taken by diabetic people and who do not have their diabetes managed properly are more susceptible to COVID – 19 infection. 3. Is there a different risk for Type 1 patients compared to Type 2 patients? If so, what are the differences...