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Type-1 Diabetic Children More Susceptible To COVID Complications

US-based Arkansas University researchers have opined that for children with inadequately regulated Type-1 diabetes i.e. 9% higher haemoglobin A1c levels, the risk of COVID-related complications and death increases tenfold. Their study revealed that such COVID-affected children might need an endotracheal tube for respiration. Besides, they also become more susceptible to pneumonia and septic shock besides death. The study aims to enable… read-more

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 - 03:48 PM / by Ashly Ann Varghese

Tags: diabetic, Type-1 Diabetes, A1c levels, haemoglobin, Covid-19, Covid-19 Pandemic

Courtesy: The Tribune