Study looking at causes of new cases of diabetes developing in people after having Covid-19

[Northerner]

An international group of diabetes researchers and clinicians have established a global database of new cases of diabetes in patients with Covid-19.

Following observations that Covid-19 could potentially trigger diabetes researchers at King's College London and Monash University in Australia realised there was an urgent need for more information.
Researchers set up the CoviDiab Registry Project to collect data on people newly-diagnosed with diabetes and with confirmed Covid-19.

They plan to collect data on people with existing diabetes who present with Covid-19 with the aim of investigating the link between the two conditions.

Ultimately, researchers hope to understand whether Covid-19 causes a new form of diabetes or is more simply a stress response that triggers classic type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

The CoviDiab team are calling for healthcare professionals to contribute patient data to the registry.

Study looking at causes of new cases of diabetes developing in people after having Covid-19 - Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation

www.drwf.org.uk

 

[mikeyB]

A complete waste of time and money. There’s nothing special about the Covid virus that could cause a “new” form of diabetes. It’s been known for decades that viral illnesses, particularly those that cause significant illness like the flu virus, or the Epstein-Barr virus, can trigger the onset of T1. And bunging steroids into folk who are really ill with covid is a great way to reveal T2.

These cases are simply what you might expect from a viral pandemic. Or at least what I might expect with my knowledge of aetiology ( the cause of illnesses) that I gained working in military service medical pensions. It’s why we accepted that T1 diabetes could be caused by military service, and exposure to viruses not encountered in boring civilian life in various parts of the world.

Why nobody calls these folk out on this “research” I’ve no idea.

 

[Amity Island]

An international group of diabetes researchers and clinicians have established a global database of new cases of diabetes in patients with Covid-19.

Following observations that Covid-19 could potentially trigger diabetes researchers at King's College London and Monash University in Australia realised there was an urgent need for more information.
Researchers set up the CoviDiab Registry Project to collect data on people newly-diagnosed with diabetes and with confirmed Covid-19.

They plan to collect data on people with existing diabetes who present with Covid-19 with the aim of investigating the link between the two conditions.

Ultimately, researchers hope to understand whether Covid-19 causes a new form of diabetes or is more simply a stress response that triggers classic type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

The CoviDiab team are calling for healthcare professionals to contribute patient data to the registry.

Study looking at causes of new cases of diabetes developing in people after having Covid-19 - Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation

www.drwf.org.uk

I personally think that some of these new cases of diabetes are just a result of more people being seen in hospital, where, often blood glucose readings are taken and thus, a diagnosis is made where it may of not otherwise come to light.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

I personally think that some of these new cases of diabetes are just a result of more people being seen in hospital, where, often blood glucose readings are taken and thus, a diagnosis is made where it may of not otherwise come to light.

I heard a couple of doctors (quite likely some of those involved in this) talking about the need to collect cases to see what's going on. They seemed not to be sure whether this is simply that they're looking more carefully (as @mikeyB says it's known that viruses can trigger diabetes) or whether this virus is having some particularly significant effects.