Updated Feb 04, 2021 | 11:27 IST
As per a study published towards the end of 2020, it was found that out of 3700 hospitalized patients across 8 studies, as many as 14.4 per cent were newly diagnosed with diabetes. New diabetes cases show link to COVID-19, and researchers are trying to understand how and why | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
Diabetes is a common, but serious condition that affects millions of people around the world
As per global health agencies, people with diabetes are at an elevated risk of complications and even death, due to COVID-19
As per recent studies, the link between COVID-19 and diabetes may be two-way, and the viral infection could lead to development of the condition
New Diabetes Cases Linked To COVID-19, And Doctors Are ‘Working Like Crazy’ To Understand Why
Preliminary studies show a possible link emerging between severe COVID-19 infections and new cases of diabetes in some patients.
Doctors have known for a while that people with diabetes are more at risk for severe illness from the coronavirus, but now scientists are working to determine if the virus can also lead some patients to develop new cases of diabetes. Research in the medical journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism and other studies raise concerns that the relationship may go in both directions. Researchers are working like crazy to see if COVID attacks the beta cells of the pancreas, which makes insulin, pediatrician Dr. Dyan Hes said on CBSN Tuesday. Some studies feel that they do, but other studies have been repeated saying it is not attracted to the beta cell. We still can t figure out why.
New diabetes cases linked to COVID-19, and doctors are working like crazy to understand why By Elizabeth Elkind COVID-19 a major source of stress
Preliminary studies show a possible link emerging between severe COVID-19 infections and new cases of diabetes in some patients.
Doctors have known for a while that people with diabetes are more at risk for severe illness from the coronavirus, but now scientists are working to determine if the virus can also lead some patients to develop new cases of diabetes. Research in the medical journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism and other studies raise concerns that the relationship may go in both directions.
A COUPLE who met on a beach in Shanklin will celebrate 50 years of marriage this weekend. Ian and Jean Cunningham are toasting their golden wedding anniversary today (Saturday), having met while Jean s family were on holiday in the seaside town. Ian was a third generation longshore man at Small Hope Beach and Jean s family had hired a tent and deck chairs for the summer. Romance blossomed and on January 30, 1971, they married in London where Jean had grown up before settling together on the Isle of Wight. The couple have lived in Shanklin for the entirety of their married life. They had five children: daughters Dyan, Nadine, Lindsey and Heather, and son Andrew. Sadly Andrew died at the age of 17 from Muscular Dystrophy.
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