Diabetes worldwide has reached alarming levels, being located in the Top 10 of the main causes of death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).According to the International Diabetes Federation, 10.5 % of the population lives with this condition in the world, a figure that has tripled since 2000.
People who suffer from diabetes and who are infected with COVID-19 have a 7.3 % risk of dying due to complications related to the virus, while cancer patients have a risk equivalent to 5.6 %, records information fromThe CDC, National Public Health Agency of the United States.
Therefore, the call from the scientific community aims to encourage people with this disease to complete their vaccination scheme to protect themselves from severe complications.
In that sense, there is not enough evidence to demonstrate if people with diabetes are more likely to get COVID-19, according to the American Diabetes Association;However, studies have shown that diabetes produces alterations in the immune system, which make infectious diseases such as coronavirus more serious.
"Diabetes is an important cause of blindness, renal failure, myocardial infarction, stroke and amputation of the lower limbs," explains WHO.
Precisely, an analysis led by researchers from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) found that, even if there is a reasonable control of blood sugar levels, people living with diabetes and COVID-19 are more likely to remainIn the hospital after developing the virus regardless of age.
Thus, it is common for infections to increase blood sugar levels and cause inflammation or internal swelling in the population that lives with diabetes, according to Dr. Diego Rodríguez, medical manager of the Tecnofarma Colombia Vaccine Unit.
Now, the question is how to reduce the risk of serious coronavirus disease in people with diabetes?: “Diabetes is associated with greater severity in the symptoms caused by COVID-19, indicating an urgent and continuous need to mitigateThe risk in this community through timely vaccination, ”explains Rodríguez.
Without a doubt, the best way in which people with diabetes can reduce the risk is to avoid acquiring the virus in the first place.However, vaccines provide the best protection against COVID-19 and are the most effective way to prevent infection in population with a weakened immune response, D-Medical records.
The vaccines endorsed to date have gone through rigorous studies to ensure that they are as sure and effective as possible.Even in the clinical trial conducted with the modern RNM vaccine, 9.4 % of the participants corresponded to 2,858 adults with type 1 diabetes, type 2 and gestational, which did not report considerable side effects, which contributes to the part of tranquility onThe safety of vaccination against COVID-19 in people with diabetes.
In other words, this condition affects the health of the population regardless of their age;In Colombia it is estimated that there are more than one million people who suffer from it and about 15 thousand die per year because of it, according to the Ministry of Health.
Insulin is key to controlling glucose levels: insulin has a vital role within the treatment against the disease, because if you have type 1 diabetes, it will be necessary to obtain by other means the insulin that your body does not produce.
Currently, there are several therapies, but there is a call insulin pump, a treatment that makes automatic insulin adjustments and corrections to stabilize glucose in a more waysimple and is used in patients between seven and 80 years living with type 1 diabetes;It provides greater peace of mind to the patient's caregivers, because you can see their sugar level on the cell phone.