High blood sugar without previous diabetes diagnosis linked to COVID-19 death risk: Report
4 years, 5 months ago

High blood sugar without previous diabetes diagnosis linked to COVID-19 death risk: Report

Live Mint  

Patients with COVID-19 who have elevated blood sugar levels without a previous diagnosis of diabetes may be at a high risk of death and an increased risk of severe complications from the infectious disease, a new study says. According to the scientists, including those from the Tongji Medical College in China, earlier studies had established high blood sugar as associated with an increased risk of mortality and poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients. However, they said direct correlation between fasting blood glucose level at admission to hospital, and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients -- without diagnosed diabetes -- has not been well established. In the new study, published in the journal Diabetologia, the researchers examined the association between FBG on admission, and the 28-day mortality of COVID-19 patients without previously diagnosed diabetes in two hospitals in China. "Patients with conditions not related to diabetes, such as severe sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome and traumatic brain injury tend to have abnormally high blood sugar," the researchers wrote in the study.

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Long-term study finds COVID-19 increases diabetes risk
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Long-term study finds COVID-19 increases diabetes risk

The Hindu  

Diabetes is a chronic disease affecting hundreds of millions worldwide and has multiple risk factors. From databases of tens of millions of people in England registered with their general practitioners, researchers examined the risk of developing diabetes following COVID-19. The new study also examined health records from before and after the vaccine rollout, enabling researchers to investigate the impact of …

Long Covid can cause these severe health problems in your body, finds a study
2 years, 6 months ago

Long Covid can cause these severe health problems in your body, finds a study

Live Mint  

There are numerous side-effects of Covid-19 reported worldwide. A new study has claimed that people infected with coronavirus are more likely to develop diabetes or hypertension after a few months. According to Members of Discovery Health Ltd, South Africa’s biggest health insurer, stated that people who have documented Covid-19 infection are more likely to be hospitalised or develop two chronic …

Study Finds COVID Infection Linked To Heighten Diabetes Risk
2 years, 9 months ago

Study Finds COVID Infection Linked To Heighten Diabetes Risk

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A new study examining patient medical records has found that people who recovered from COVID-19 had a heightened risk of being diagnosed with diabetes within a year of infection compared with someone who had not been infected. The study, published Monday in the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, found that roughly 2 in 100 people who tested …

Newly diagnosed diabetes in Covid patients may be transitory blood sugar disorder: Study
2 years, 9 months ago

Newly diagnosed diabetes in Covid patients may be transitory blood sugar disorder: Study

Hindustan Times  

Many people have complained recently about being diagnosed with diabetes after contracting and recovering from Covid-19. A study by the Massachusetts General Hospital has found that many Covid-19 patients, newly diagnosed with diabetes during hospital admission, may in fact have a temporary form of the disease related to the acute stress of the viral infection and may return to normal …

Undiagnosed diabetes a COVID risk in Africa, WHO warns
3 years, 1 month ago

Undiagnosed diabetes a COVID risk in Africa, WHO warns

Hindustan Times  

Data from 13 African countries has found a 10.2% case fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with diabetes, compared with 2.5% for COVID-19 patients overall. Not only are diabetes rates rising as living standards improve in Africa, the disease is thought to be severely underdiagnosed Death rates from COVID-19 infections are higher in patients with diabetes in Africa, where the number …

Can Covid trigger diabetes? Recovered patients report elevated sugar levels
3 years, 2 months ago

Can Covid trigger diabetes? Recovered patients report elevated sugar levels

Hindustan Times  

Diabetes can increase your chances of getting seriously ill in case of a Covid infection, suggested a health study. Post recovery, patients may develop symptoms of diabetes While Covid makes recovery of a diabetes patient harder, can the deadly virus trigger diabetes in people who did not have it earlier? “Around 20-30% of post Covid patients who were treated for …

Doctors see many new cases of diabetes post COVID-19
3 years, 3 months ago

Doctors see many new cases of diabetes post COVID-19

The Hindu  

While it is known that senior citizens and people with co-morbidities are at a high risk of contracting COVID-19, doctors in the city are seeing many new cases of diabetes post the infection. New cases Notably, not only does COVID-19 have the ability to worsen existing diabetes, but the virus may also trigger new cases, said Haleema Yezdani, a diabetologist …

Obesity may increase risk of long-term complications of COVID
3 years, 6 months ago

Obesity may increase risk of long-term complications of COVID

India TV News  

Covid-19 survivors who have moderate or severe obesity may have a greater risk of experiencing long-term consequences of the disease, compared to the patients who do not have obesity, showed an observational study. "To our knowledge, this current study for the first time suggests that patients with moderate to severe obesity are at a greater risk of developing long-term complications …

Blood Tests Can Offer Early Indicator of Severe Covid-19 in Patients: Study
3 years, 9 months ago

Blood Tests Can Offer Early Indicator of Severe Covid-19 in Patients: Study

News 18  

Researchers have reported that a series of biomarkers, or biological signals, associated with white blood cell activation and obesity can predict severe outcomes in Covid-19 patients. The findings, published in the journal Blood Advances, indicated that five proteins that are associated with neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, were elevated in the Covid-19 patients who later became critically ill. …

Covid-19 Is Leading to Fluctuating Sugar Levels, Diabetes in Recovered Patients: Study
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 Is Leading to Fluctuating Sugar Levels, Diabetes in Recovered Patients: Study

News 18  

Gaurav Jain recovered from a mild Covid-19 attack around Diwali and began a normal life after a short bout of weakness. “As such, Covid-19 may precipitate diabetes in people with risk factors such as those with obesity, low socioeconomic status and psychosocial stress,” Chan warned. “At the same time, there is new onset of diabetes in people who were not …

COVID-19 patients with high blood sugar at higher risk of death even if they don’t have diabetes, study suggests
4 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 patients with high blood sugar at higher risk of death even if they don’t have diabetes, study suggests

Firstpost  

Researchers have found that the cumulative probability of mortality was significantly higher in patients with hyperglycemia - whether they had diabetes or not - as compared to those with normal blood sugar levels Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of underlying diseases have been associated with risks of severe disease, hospitalisation and even death. The study …

Coronavirus leads to diabetes in some patients, say docs
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus leads to diabetes in some patients, say docs

Live Mint  

The coronavirus infection is leading to the onset of diabetes mellitus, according to a research paper published in the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, the official publication of the Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. The onset of hyperglycaemia, or excessive blood glucose, was noticed in some covid-19 patients, without any family history of diabetes and …

Over 50% patients who died due to Covid-19 in Gautam Budh Nagar were diabetic, say officials
4 years, 1 month ago

Over 50% patients who died due to Covid-19 in Gautam Budh Nagar were diabetic, say officials

Hindustan Times  

NOIDA: Among the comorbidity factors in Covid-19 deaths reported in Gautam Budh Nagar district, diabetes has emerged as the main comorbid condition behind such fatalities. District chief medical officer Dr Deepak Ohri said that it has been found that diabetes increases the risk of death among patients infected with Covid-19. “Patients with diabetes, hypertension or any other comorbid condition must …

Covid-19: Underlying Health Condition Poses Higher Risk of Death
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: Underlying Health Condition Poses Higher Risk of Death

News 18  

An analysis from multiple studies have found that people with certain underlying medical conditions have a higher risk for severe illness on Covid-19 infected patients. Patients with an underlying medical condition like cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, stroke, liver disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer can escalate the risk of dying from Covid-19. Patients with cardiovascular …

Covid-19 Patients With Underlying Heart Conditions at Higher Death Risk, Study Confirms
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Patients With Underlying Heart Conditions at Higher Death Risk, Study Confirms

News 18  

COVID-19 patients with underlying heart conditions or risk factors may develop cardiovascular complications while hospitalised, and are more likely to die from the novel coronavirus infection, according to a review of studies which could help clinicians identify individuals at higher risk. The findings, according to the researchers, strongly suggests that COVID-19 fatality is influenced by pre-existing heart conditions and/or cardiovascular …

Why COVID-19 is killing US diabetes patients at alarming rates
4 years, 5 months ago

Why COVID-19 is killing US diabetes patients at alarming rates

Live Mint  

Devon Brumfield could hear her father gasping for breath on the phone. Karen Landers, Alabama’s assistant state health officer, said she is particularly heartbroken at the deaths of diabetes patients in their 30s and 40s. Sarah Hunter Frazer, a nurse practitioner at the Medical Outreach Ministries clinic for low-income residents in Montgomery, Alabama, said diabetes is common among her COVID-19 …

Diabetic, pre-diabetic patients and those with high fasting blood sugar at higher risk of fatality due to COVID-19
4 years, 5 months ago

Diabetic, pre-diabetic patients and those with high fasting blood sugar at higher risk of fatality due to COVID-19

Firstpost  

The levels of ACE-2 increase in a diabetic person which allows the virus to attack the organs of the diabetic person in a more disastrous way. But in a recent study published in the journal Diabetology on 10 July 2020, the scientists stated that COVID-19 patients who have higher levels of fasting blood glucose can be at risk of death …

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