RHEINHESSEN – A virus that affects the respiratory tract brings public life to a standstill – and stokes fear among many people. A group of diabetics also belongs to the risk group with severe disease courses. They should protect themselves against infection with the coronavirus. But there is no reason to panic, experts say.
“The risk varies considerably from person to person,” says Dr. Madeleine Busch, who works in a dialectological practice in Nierstein and Oppenheim. There is no formula that can be used to determine who, once infected with the coronavirus, is particularly seriously ill and who is not. “Those who are poorly attuned have a higher risk.” However, an unstable blood sugar setting cannot be regulated overnight, after all, it is a chronic disease that may require medication and living conditions to be changed. “We accompany the patients here over a long period of time,” Busch states.
Many diabetes patients are currently calling the practice and are asking what needs special attention. If you have secondary diseases such as organ damage or cardiovascular problems, then you should be particularly careful in the current situation, says Busch.
TYPE 1 AND 2
The diabetes – German Diabetes Aid differentiates people with diabetes as a risk group: It emphasizes that “healthy” diabetes patients type 1 and type 2 with a stable glucose setting do not have an increased risk of infection with COVID-19 – in contrast to patients with additional comorbidities.
