Any info on this please?

[Harry W]

I read of lots of people, even those in their 80s and 90s having Cov-19 in small doses and coming out of it fine. Is this true for diabetics too or will we always get it bad? Thank you for any info.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I read of lots of people, even those in their 80s and 90s having Cov-19 in small doses and coming out of it fine. Is this true for diabetics too or will we always get it bad? Thank you for any info.

My understanding is that no, simply having diabetes does not mean that ‘we will always get it bad’.

There are increased risks if you catch Covid19 and live with diabetes (though I don’t think it’s clear that having diabetes, particularly if well managed, necessarily increases the risk of catching it).

The challenges seem to be some of the things that are associated with diabetes as much as the diabetes itself. Plus any serious illness can be complicated by the presence of diabetes and out of control BG, so if you get Coronavirus and *also* if you then get it badly, then diabetes is another complicating factor.

But a lot of this is guesswork at the moment, and there really isn’t enough information yet to be sure.

We’ve had people on the forum with (unconfirmed) C19 who have recovered after an unpleasant, but relatively mild illness.

 

[Harry W]

Thank you so much Mike, helps to dispel a bit of the everyday fear that this poses,and good to know there are fellow diabetics who got over it.

 

[Ditto]

I think I've had it and I'm type 2. If I had it at all I probably had it 'mild' but it didn't feel like mild at the time. 🙂 My Mum got it worse than me but obviously she's older but not diabetic. She was badly, I thought she was for the nursing home. She would have been a gonner then.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I think I've had it and I'm type 2. If I had it at all I probably had it 'mild' but it didn't feel like mild at the time. 🙂 My Mum got it worse than me but obviously she's older but not diabetic. She was badly, I thought she was for the nursing home. She would have been a gonner then.

Glad you and your Mum seem to be recovering well @Ditto. Are you still feeling any shortness of breath, or are you back at full strength now?

 

[Ditto]

I'm fit for nowt. I'm wondering if it's the backlash. I can hardly garden I'm so hurty and have no strength plus sleeping sickness. I'm proper fed-up with it. Mind you, look at my lifestyle? Pathetic. I was good today, low carb... piggy ... but low carb. Mum keeps threatening to get chesty again and we both get that feeling in middle of the chest where you think a cough is starting but I just fight it back down. I refuse to be ill again!

People don't think we had it, but what we had was very bad. I knew enough at the time not to risk seeing my son. I self-isolated before it was fashionable! I just stayed away, if he got this he wouldn't survive I don't think. He has lots of undiagnosed stuff wrong with him. Can't keep food down for a start. He's not D though. Don't anybody get it, it's horrible.

 

[Garyr]

The preprints from china generally show that about 8% of those admitted to hospital have diabetes. Which is difficult to interpret given that the older you get the more the prevalence of diabetes is, in people over 60 it is easily,over 20% , perhaps 25%. so People of all ages are being admitted, the question is “ accounting for the prevalence in the normal population, is the prevalence of those being admitted more than expected?” I haven’t seen any interpretation on this

 

[PhoebeC]

What I have heard from my doctor friend is that the group they have seen at their hospital the most is males aged 55-70 who would be considered pre-diabetic or at risk of heart issues. They’ve seen less of other groups