Fluctuations in blood glucose common after diabetics are Covid +ve: Study
Fri, Apr 30 2021 12:39:57 PM
By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IANSlife): More than three-fourths of people currently managing diabetes have observed fluctuations in their blood glucose level post they are diagnosed Covid-19 positive, reveals a study by a diabetes management platform.
According to the survey-cum-study on 800 people with diabetes on the BeatO platform to analyse the impact of Covid-19 on people with diabetes, in the subsequent three months following a positive Covid-19 report, blood glucose levels were found to have increased by almost 28 per cent in first month, 17 per cent in second month and 11 per cent in third month.
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£1.7m project to explore groundbreaking new treatment for biofilm infections in foot ulcers
A new £1.7m project to explore using plasma jets and antimicrobial dressings to treat debilitating – and potentially deadly – wound infections launches today.
The groundbreaking Plasma-activated Antimicrobial Hydrogel Therapy (PAHT) would provide a new treatment modality for biofilm infections in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), a type of wound which make up around 10 per cent of the 2.2m wounds reported annually in the UK.
More than a third of the +4.5m diabetics in the UK have a lifetime risk of foot ulcers, of which 50 per cent become infected. Around 10 per cent of these patients then require lower limb amputation due to tissue and bone infection. The prognosis for these patients is bleak; 44 per cent usually die within five years.