French study found 1 in 10 diabetic patients with Covid-19 died within a week of being hospitalized

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/us/coronavirus-news-usa.html

A French study found 1 in 10 diabetic patients with Covid-19 died within a week of being hospitalized.

One in 10 diabetic patients with Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, died within a week of being hospitalized, according to a study published on Thursday by French researchers in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Another 20 percent were put on ventilators to assist with breathing by the end of their first week in the hospital. Just 18 percent were discharged within a week.

“I don’t want to scare people, but what is true is we did not expect to see such high mortality, with 10 percent of people admitted dying in the first seven days,” said Dr. Samy Hadjadj, a professor of endocrinology at the University of Nantes in France and one of the authors of the paper.

A majority of patients in the study had Type 2 diabetes. Many people with diabetes also have cardiovascular disease, which raises the risk of death in Covid-19 patients.

(Pdf of paper at https://diabetologia-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cariou.pdf)

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. Holy Shit that's bad

Spooked me a little I'm diabetic. But my sugar levels are controlled. I lost about 140 pounds after I was diagnosed. Went from size 44 to a 36.

But still covid is a big risk for me, I live alone except for a feline roommate , I have been taking precautions above what's required, I'll keep doing that then.