Newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, DKA, and COVID-19: Causality or coincidence? A report of three cases.
J Med Virol
; 93(2): 1150-1153, 2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1196419
ABSTRACT
Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a 2020 pandemic, has resulted in an unexpected loss in lives, quality of life, and the economy. The COVID-19 clinical spectrum varies from asymptomatic to death, and its complications may involve various organs. Notwithstanding, the impact of COVID-19 on endocrine systems is understudied. Previous coronavirus outbreaks such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus can cause new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM). However, there were only two previous case reports on newly diagnosed DM in COVID-19 patients. Here, we described three patients who had newly diagnosed DM associated with COVID-19. COVID-19 likely unmasked existing DM by aggravating its metabolic complications rather than causing the new-onset DM in these patients. However, more research is needed to evaluate if there is a casual relationship between the development of DM, DKA, and COVID-19.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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Diabetes Mellitus
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Virol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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