COVID-19

As we and many others in the field have recorded, COVID-19 poses a more serious risk to people with underlying health conditions and chronic illnesses, such as diabetes. The numbers are alarming – a Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology study mining 61 million medical records in the United Kingdom reported that 30% of COVID-19 deaths occurred among people with diabetes. Prevention…

COVID-19 continues to spread and severely impact the world. People of all ages are being infected but as we have covered before, people with diabetes seem to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill as the virus can be harder to treat due to fluctuations in blood glucose levels and, possibly, the presence of diabetes complications. We…

The COVID-19 crisis is having a dramatic impact everywhere. The death toll has now crossed 1 million and the outbreak seems to be still on the rise. The impact on global eye healthcare is considerable, mainly due to travel restrictions and the reprioritization of health resources. Ophthalmologists in many countries are concerned that, due to COVID-19,…

Diabetic foot syndrome is one of the serious consequences of long-term uncontrolled diabetes, due to a mix of peripheral neuropathy and micro-vasculopathy in the lower extremities. “Diabetic foot” is defined as infection, ulceration or destruction of tissues of the foot associated with neuropathy or peripheral artery disease in the lower extremity of a person with…

Most people who have COVID-19 recover completely within a few weeks, but older people and those with serious medical conditions are the most likely to experience lingering COVID-19 symptoms. It can damage lungs and many other organs (i.e., liver and kidneys) and increase the risk of long-term health problems. Data from the COVID Symptom Study suggest that 10% to…

The Coronavirus has impacted the lives of almost everyone in the world and especially those living with diabetes as the disease has been identified as a risk factor for severe symptoms of COVID-19. Indeed, recent US studies have revealed that nearly 40% of COVID-19 victims had diabetes and that half of the people aged under 65…

For the past six months, the Coronavirus has traversed the globe, infecting one person after another. The novel virus poses a particular threat to people living with diabetes and can even cause diabetes in otherwise healthy individuals. Early on, researchers estimated that a person carrying the Coronavirus would, on average, infect another two to three people….

Evidence is building up convincingly to support the theory that patients with an underlying health condition, like diabetes are far more likely to be seriously affected by COVID-19 than otherwise healthy people. According to data recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, fewer than 2% of previously healthy people…