Did you have COVID? Study reveals that the virus increases the risk of diabetes – El Financiero

A new study has revealed that the people who had coronavirus have a higher risk of developing diabetes (depending on the severity of the infection), so it should be considered as a new sequela of the long covid.

“The results suggested that the risks of diabetes outcomes exhibited a gradual increase according to the intensity of care during the acute phase of infection and were consistent with analyzes that considered the group of COVID-19 versus the contemporary control group”, reads the study published in the journal “The Lancet”.

The researchers compared new diabetes diagnoses and from the beginning in antihyperglycemic drugs between 181 thousand 280 people without previous diabetes who presented a COVID-19 infection between March 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020 with 4 million 118 thousand 441 people without diabetes not diagnosed with coronavirus in that same period and with 4 million 286 thousand 911 people without diabetes in a phase before the pandemic.

The results indicate that people who had a picture of COVID-19 presented, the following year, an increase in 40 percent increased risk of developing diabetesas well as an increase in 85 percent in the risk of starting antihyperglycemic therapies.

And it is that, according to an analysis, which has not yet been reviewed by peers, of 1.8 million people under 35 years suggested an increased risk of Diabetes type 1 within the first 30 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

However, this study yields evidence of an increased risk in adults among people not hospitalized one year after COVID -19 related to type 2 diabetes.

“Governments and health systems around the world must be prepared to detect and manage the glycometabolic sequelae of COVID-19. Although the optimal composition of post-acute COVID clinics is still unclear, evidence from this report indicated that they should include diabetes care and care.

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