From the OSU/Wexner Med Center- post covid+diabetes

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Cross post from the Ohio Group & GD.

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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1. Inflammation most likely

Type 2 is an inflammatory condition and serious COVID has lots of inflammation. Other ideas are the immune system might attack the insulin cells as colaterol damage. And finally the article suggests it might also be already afflicted individuals are getting diagnosed during their post COVID care as there are any undiagnosed prediabetics and actual undiagnosed diabetes.