Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: New diabetes diagnosis? COVID could be to blame

Recent research found that people who have had a COVID-19 infection are 40 percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes in the following year, and how severe the case was doesn’t seem to play a major factor. The risk of diabetes was higher for individuals who experienced more severe forms of COVID-19, but the increased risk was also found in patients with milder cases. Most patients in the study developed Type 2 diabetes—symptoms can include frequent urination, increased thirst, fatigue, blurred vision, extreme hunger, wounds that are slow to heal, and numbness or tingling in the hands or feet. Learn more about the link between diabetes and COVID.