WARTAKOTALIVE.COM, JAKARTA – Everyone has the same risk of contracting Covid-19.
During the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, most cases showed mild to moderate symptoms.
However, people with diabetes mellitus (DM) are more likely to experience serious complications due to Covid-19.
In general, people with diabetes are more likely to have more severe symptoms and complications when infected with any virus.
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Research conducted at the Fatmawati Central General Hospital, Jakarta, showed that patients with DM were more than 2.5 times more likely to receive intensive care than the population without DM.
Death or mortality in DM patients has the possibility of increasing 2.5 times compared to patients without DM.
Speaking at the #GoodKnowledgeGoodHealth webinar series in collaboration with the LSPR Communication & Business Institute, recently, Dr. Rulli Rosandi, SpPD-KEMD, an internal medicine specialist at Good Doctor stated, Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by increased levels of blood sugar due to disturbances in insulin production, and/or impaired insulin function.
“A person does not immediately become diabetic. Starting from normal to prediabetes then diabetes,” he said as quoted from a press release received by Wartakotalive.com, Saturday (11/12/2021).
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“Someone is said to have diabetes when blood sugar puasa (GDP) ≥ 126 mg/dl, blood sugar post loading glucose (GDPP) 200 mg/dl, and Hba1C 6.5%,” added Dr. Rulli.
As is known, when a person has become diabetic, the drug must be taken for life so that blood sugarits normal.
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