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COVID-19 and diabetes: Knowledge in progress
Diabetes in elderly patients is a factor in the high rates of mortality for COVID-19 victims. Patients with diabetes or hypertension have an increased risk of having a severe case of COVID-19 or needing an ICU admission immediately. Infection of SARS-CoV-2 in diabetic patients triggers higher stress conditions which can increase blood glucose levels and cause unusual glucose fluctuation. Many of the elderly patients in Wuhan with diabetes are hypoglycemic.
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