Inflammation, Blood Sugar and COVID-19 | Michigan Medicine
Does High Blood Sugar Worsen COVID-19 Outcomes?
Health Lab · Michigan Medicine Department of Communication
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Show Notes
After preliminary observations of 200 COVID-19 patients with severe hyperglycemia, a Michigan Medicine team is shedding light in a new Diabetes paper about why high blood sugar may trigger worse outcomes in people infected with the virus. And researchers have developed a blood sugar management tool that may potentially reduce risk of secondary infections, kidney issues and intensive care stays in people with diabetes, prediabetes or obesity who get COVID-19.
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