However, in a special consultation on COVID-19 at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Professor Catarina Limbert from the Centro Universitario del Centro de Lisboa and the Dona Estefania Hospital, Lisbon , Portugal, will carry out a new examination of viruses known to contribute to the new onset of type 1 diabetes and new evidence that SARS-CoV2 infection will be added to this list.
“So far, larger multicenter studies have not noticed an increase in the number of new cases during the pandemic months compared to the same era years ago,” he said. “However, the COVID-19 crisis increased severity at the onset of type 1 diabetes with a doubling of the number of others admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis blockage. “
A survey of the population of 23,804 COVID-19-related deaths in England between March 1, 2020 and May 1, 2020 found that the chances of dying in hospital with COVID-19 were higher in other people with type diabetes 1 (3-5 times) compared to type 2 diabetes (2 times). However, the average age at death was 78 years for type 2 diabetes and 72 years for type 1 diabetes. in type 1 diabetes, only other people over 50 years), with a longer duration of the disease (80% with more than 15 years of disease) and a lower glycemic index (glycated hemoglobin / HbA1c 10%) have a greatest threat of serious clinical outcomes from COVID-19.
Additionally, according to an initial report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with knowledge of 149,082 COVID-19 cases, 1. 7% concerned children.