Covid 19 and prediabetes Archives

COVID-19 and blood sugar: could hydroxychloroquine address (pre)diabetes as well as the virus? (4/26/20)

by news source | Apr 27, 2020 | What's news

Given COVID-19’s interaction with blood sugar, hydroxychloroquine—a possible treatment for COVID-19—may also help address (pre)diabetes. Minnesota Spokesman Recorder

Poor metabolic health, including (pre)diabetes, biggest COVID risk factors after age (4/20/20)

by news source | Apr 20, 2020 | What's news

Metabolic syndrome—including high blood sugar—suppresses the immune system and causes body-wide inflammation and is the biggest risk factor (after age) for COVID-19 as the infection’s inflammatory response disables one’s ability to fight pathogens. The New...