Covid-19 and Diabetes
The entire world is suffering from the pandemic and everyone has become the victim of Covid-19. All of us are suffering from one or another adverse effect of the pandemic. During the second wave, we have seen many death cases besides recovery. People with chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer etc, and patients who have blood pressure and obesity are the most vulnerable to the pandemic. They are high-risk patients.
More than 77 million people are suffering from diabetes worldwide. Most of them have queries about the effect of the virus on their health. Some of the most common questions asked during the pandemic are related to diabetes are
What happens when sugar patients affected by Covid-19?
Does covid-19 drives diabetes during treatment or after recovery?
If yes, then how long diabetes will be there in covid-19 recover patient?
What are the complications for diabetes patients?
Here is the answer to all the questions. Let's see them.
The basic thing which we have to understand is, diabetes pulls down the immunity level in our body. You may have to face difficulties if your blood sugar level (BSL) is not under control. But the bright side is you don't have to worry much if your blood sugar level is under control. It is necessary to keep a track of your blood sugar level.
One of the most common reasons for increasing blood sugar in our bodies is stress. When a diabetes patient or any other healthy person comes to know about the presence of the covid-19 virus in the body will automatically be concerned. It leads to stress which may lead to increased BSL in the body. Covid-19 is immense stress to our physical and mental health. A diabetes patient may face an increase in BSL because of this stress. Hence, they are at high risk.
In some cases because of steroids, BSL may increase both in diabetic and non-diabetes patients. But steroids are essential for the recovery of covid patients. The BSL should be monitored regularly and at certain times insulin should be given to the patients only to bring down their BSL. For most non-diabetes patients after recovery blood sugar will be stable. It is essential to regulate and keep control over blood sugar for diabetic patients after recovery. If a diabetic patient has given insulin during treatment doesn't mean that patient has to take insulin lifelong.
You may have heard that complications for diabetic covid-19 patients are high. For any recovery controlled BSL is essential. Thus diabetic patients will have more complications than others. If BSL is not under control, the situation may lead to secondary infections or any bacterial or mucus infections. The reason behind why there is a presence of black or yellow or white fungus is diabetes. Compare to non-diabetic patients recovery time for diabetic patients are a bit longer.
As it is said "Prevention is better than cure" when it's your term take the vaccine, wear a mask, sanitise and wash your hands, maintain social distance. Diabetic patients must take the vaccine to protect themselves from the virus.