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Jacson6

(743 posts)
Tue Jan 30, 2024, 03:41 PM Jan 2024

My Doctor thinks COVID-19 gave me Diabetes Type 1

I was a type two and I had been on pills for years. Then a few months after I had COVID my blood sugar went way high. I finally went to a specialists and after testing she thinks COVID gave me type 1 Diabetes. Oh well I'll just have to live with it now.

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My Doctor thinks COVID-19 gave me Diabetes Type 1 (Original Post) Jacson6 Jan 2024 OP
You never know until you know MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #1
Very possible maccafan Jan 2024 #2
It's entirely possible Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 #3
It can hit nearly any organ system of the body. nilram Jan 2024 #4
Type 1 is your pancreas producing NO insulin. MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #5
Yes. My pancreas is no longer producing insulin. Jacson6 Feb 2024 #6

maccafan

(82 posts)
2. Very possible
Tue Jan 30, 2024, 03:46 PM
Jan 2024

Many years ago when my husband was diagnosed with Type 1 his specialist had done some research and believed that a virus can be the cause of development of Type 1. My husband had just had the measles and the doctor firmly believed that was the cause. This would have been over 60 years ago.

Jilly_in_VA

(10,928 posts)
3. It's entirely possible
Tue Jan 30, 2024, 04:08 PM
Jan 2024

Diabetes Type 1 is an entirely separate disease from Type 2 and is usually the result of some viral illness destroying pancreatic function. It can be as simple as a cold or as vicious as the measles or Covid.

nilram

(2,991 posts)
4. It can hit nearly any organ system of the body.
Tue Jan 30, 2024, 04:59 PM
Jan 2024

Likely made a friends kidney disease worse, and gave him a blood clot in his leg.

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