The challenge of diabetics to get COVID-19 vaccine is if their blood sugar is not controlled. However, now doctors have recommended that all people with diabetes can be vaccinated.
Many COVID-19 survivors with diabetes have a poorer prognosis. On the other hand, many sufferers cannot get vaccinated because their blood sugar is not controlled.
Diabetes and COVID-19 infection have a reciprocal relationship. Diabetes is said to make the infection more severe (poor prognosis). While COVID-19 infection can also cause blood sugar becomes uncontrolled because the virus attacks almost all parts of the body, including the pancreatic cells that produce the hormone insulin.
So far, people with diabetes are required to have controlled blood sugar for the COVID-19 vaccination. In fact, they have a great risk of exposure and a poor prognosis of the disease, regardless of whether blood sugar is controlled or not.
Speaking in the talkshow I Give My #Hands4Diabetes Tropicana Slim, Friday (11/12/2021), Dr. Martha Rosana, SpPD, as Staff of the Endocrine, Metabolic and Diabetes Division, Department of Internal Medicine RSCM-FKUI said that all diabetic patients must be vaccinated.
“Precisely now the benefits of vaccines for people with diabetes are greater than the risks. So it is better for all diabetic patients to be vaccinated,” said Dr. Martha.
“Currently, professional associations of doctors, including internal medicine doctors, no longer require certain blood sugars for diabetic patients to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If your blood sugar is high, for example 300, as long as it’s not in an acute condition, i.e., the patient can still carry out activities like walking alone. can be vaccinated,” he added.
The thing that distinguishes people with diabetes controlled and uncontrolled blood sugar is the response to the vaccine. Perhaps, the vaccine response will be better in people whose blood sugar is controlled. However, the protective properties of this vaccine are still more important.
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