Diabetes Can Cause a Sugar Coating That Smothers Body's Immune Defences, Researchers

[Northerner]

Diabetes finds lots of ways to try and scupper us, it seems:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100823183809.htm

 

[Lewy]

As if it wasn't already bad enough.. Depressing !

 

[Donald]

Scary one more thing to worry about

 

[katie]

Reading this just makes me think of 'House'.

It could be auto-immune!
Nah, it's a fungal infection!
It's not Lupus!

etc.

Sorry...

 

[Twitchy]

Interesting... I guess that's why on DAFNE they were so adamant about getting your BGs below 10mmol/L when ill?... It would account for the viscious cycle feeling of being ill, high bg, being ill etc etc...

More motivation to keep those levels down I guess! 😱