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concerns over corona

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I dont understand i am really worried i have no symptoms of corona yet but im type 2 and on blood pressure tablets also meds for my type 2 mainly metformin and other tabs but diabetes is listed on a goverment risk list yet i have to go to work i work in a nhs ambulance control room with nearly 100 people, my husband is type 1 and has some lung nodules under investigation, as my work is NHS there is no way i will get time off work unless a goverment instruction I am concerned that i may pick it up and bring it home i cant live anywhere else i live with my husband and thats that but apart from my work we are not going out except for shopping if we can get any due to panic buying as cant get any online orders and for any meds prescriptions we need why is diabetes not being taken more seriously any one shed light on this im really concernd like many others
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I am a 69 year old type 1 diabetic , but not with good control, on blood pressure tablets, and I am overweight, how would coronavirus affect me if I got it, or would it be the diabetes that would affect me more, and how likely would it be to recover, or would my body succomb to the virus
 
this is what concerns me its not clear i did not get any medical messages today so ive just got to go to work and pray i dont get anything
 
Hi Jan, welcome to the forum.

Put quite simply, well controlled diabetes, T1 or T2, doesn’t put you at any greater risk than normal people. That’s why diabetes is not included in the list of those vulnerable people who need more help and protection. Of course, working in the NHS puts you at greater risk of picking it up, but everybody in the NHS can’t just say I’m worried about picking up the virus and stay at home.

There certainly won’t be a government instruction for diabetic NHS workers to jump ship. And if I were still working in the NHS I wouldn’t want one. That’s just my mindset, I don’t mean to belittle your worries.

Your husband has greater concerns, but lung nodules are common, and shouldn’t put him at any greater risk from the virus, if he has no chest symptoms. That’s as long as he is not a smoker. And I trust you aren’t a smoker, because that puts you at greater risk, but I doubt your managers would accept that as good reason not to work.
 
Sorry to hear your concerns and worries @Jan1967

The official recommendations are for ‘social distancing’ as far as possible, and also to be careful with hand washing, cleanliness etc.

I can see how it will be challenging for you in a large office environment, but hopefully as NHS staff everyone will be well informed and being careful to reduce the risks to co-workers.

Hopefully you will both get through this difficult time, without contracting the virus. But even if you do, the chances are good that you would only have a mild case, even with your diagnoses of diabetes.
 
I am type 1 diabetic , aged 69, but my blood sugar levels frequently go from low to high, and high to low, also on blood pressure tablets, and cholesterol, how will the virus affect me if I got it, would I get through it without any problems, or could it cause me to be worse with it, leading to death, or very sick
 
Jane - any concurrent illness would be more difficult to control if your diabetes control isn't good! It's as easy as that, whether you have eg a paper cut on one finger or a casualty in a motorway pile up or an infection, you will take much longer to heal and there's an end to it.

Make 'this lot' or rather, fear of it, to spur you on to better diabetes control. Shedloads of help right here on the forum, just ask for advice about things you struggle with.
 
I have had quite good control its only in the last year my sugars have been up and my doctor put me on a extra tablet, possible cause i nearly lost my husband last year, i am doing everything i can and on tablets for blood pressure as well as my type 2. my concern is i cant isolate for the 12 weeks i have to work with over about 100 people in a building this what i am worrying about if i was at home i would not have as much stress, we are surposed to be in a vulnerable group yet because i work in a nhs control room i have to work, so worried nothing else i can do
 
hopefully the uk lockdown will not last too long
but I am managing to still get out for two walks a day instead of 1 daily exercise
 
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