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irisblue

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Wed Feb 23, 2022, 04:56 PM Feb 2022

From the OSU/Wexner Med Center, Columbus + post covid+diabetes

Cross post from the Ohio Group

Way too long to get good copy & paste. Go read the article

source-https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/blog/why-are-people-developing-diabetes-after-having-covid19

snip--For some people, surviving COVID-19 may lead to lasting medical concerns, including newly diagnosed diabetes. This is a chronic disease that happens when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.

The pancreas makes insulin, which is a hormone that helps glucose get into your cells to be used for energy. But when your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin (Type 1 diabetes), or doesn’t use insulin well (Type 2 diabetes), then glucose then stays in your blood and can cause health problems.

In November 2020, a global analysis published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism found that up to 14.4% of people who were hospitalized with severe COVID-19 also developed diabetes. But why?"

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From the OSU/Wexner Med Center, Columbus + post covid+diabetes (Original Post) irisblue Feb 2022 OP
If you have had Covid, it seems there will be a life time of " health issues" over your life. irisblue Feb 2022 #1
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