New onset diabetes, type 1 diabetes and COVID-19
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Sirisha Kusuma Boddu, Geeta Aurangabadkar, Mohammad Shafi Kuchay
Long term follow-up of children and adults presenting with new-onset diabetes during this pandemic is required to fully understand the type of diabetes induced by COVID-19, and the mechanisms behind the viral etiology of Τ1DM.
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 can trigger severe diabetic ketoacidosis at presentation in individuals with new-onset diabetes. However, at present, there is no hard evidence that SARS-CoV-2 induces T1DM on it's own accord. Long term follow-up of children and adults presenting with new-onset diabetes during this pandemic is required to fully understand the type of diabetes induced by COVID-19.