Diabetes may increase the risk of long COVID, new analyses of seven previous studies suggest.
Diabetes may increase the risk of long COVID, new analyses of seven previous studies suggest while in a separate research, it was found that babies born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant may be at higher than average risk for problems with brain development. FILE PHOTO
Researchers reviewed studies that tracked people for at least four weeks after COVID-19 recovery to see which individuals developed persistent symptoms associated with long COVID such as brain fog, skin conditions, depression, and shortness of breath. The researchers said diabetes appears to be "a potent risk factor" for long COVID but their findings are preliminary because the studies used different methods, definitions of long COVID, and follow-up times, and some looked at hospitalized patients while others focused on people with milder cases of COVID-19.
They studied 7,772 infants delivered in Massachusetts between March and September 2020, tracking the babies until age 12 months.