for the endocrine system It is important to pay attention to yourself after being infected. The risk of developing diabetes increases. in both children and adults
Children infected with COVID-19 The risk of developing type 1 diabetes (IDDM) is 166% or 2.66 times higher than in uninfected children.
adults infected with COVID-19 The risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is 28% or 1.28 times higher than the average person with a history of other upper respiratory infection.
However, if comparing the incidence rate of type 2 diabetes in adults infected with COVID-19 Compared to the rate among adults of the same average age surveyed in the Southwest Germany region in 2010, they were 81 percent, or 1.81 times more likely to develop diabetes.
current medical knowledge Assessed that it may be caused by 2 main mechanisms:
One, the COVID-19 virus It attacks directly the beta cells in the pancreas during direct viral damage.
Second, after the infection provokes inflammatory processes in the body (inflammatory process) that causes the destruction of pancreatic cells in a later period