Since there are a significant number of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) with unique concerns and challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we reviewed existing literature, relevant websites, and related guidelines to form this narrative review to help address key questions in this ...
The AJMC® Type 1 Diabetes compendium is a comprehensive resource for news and interviews about this chronic autoimmune condition.
Causes of Diabetes 1: IDDM occurs as a result of decreased production of hormone 'Insulin' by the pancreas (the organ that synthesizes insulin). This occurs due to loss of the insulin-producing cells (beta cells of the islets of Langerhans) of the pancreas. ...
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease affecting the ability to process blood sugar. Reviewed by a board-certified endocrinologist.
Following the seminal discovery of insulin a century ago, treatment of individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been largely restricted to efforts to monitor and treat metabolic glucose dysregulation. The recent regulatory approval of the first immunotherapy that targets T cells as a means to de...
Risk for newly diagnosed diabetes after COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2022;20(1):444. doi:10.1186/s12916-022-02656-yPubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 5. Hippich M, Sifft P, Zapardiel-Gonzalo J, et al. A public health antibody screening indicates...
Care guide for Type 1 Diabetes in Children. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
dysregulation in Patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM): systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, unpredictable eating, fever, nausea, vomiting, among other factors lead to blood glucose instability with a significant risk of hypoglycemia and represent a difficult challenge for Patients (1). ...
“We have always known that living with high blood glucose puts patients living with diabetes at risk for infections because it impairs the body’s immune response or, in other words, the body’s ability to fight off a virus,” she says. “This holds true with COVID-19.” ...
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