Diabetics are more likely than not to die from infectious diseases


According to an Australian study, diabetics may be at greater risk of dying from various infectious diseases. The risk is increased compared to healthy ones, but in practice, infectious deaths in diabetics are still rare.

The results of a recent Australian study are based on registry data for 1.1 million people with adult-onset or juvenile-onset diabetes. The registries were used to monitor patients for an average of seven years.

Based on the results, people with diabetes have a significantly higher risk of dying from various infections, pneumonia, sepsis or osteomyelitis than healthy controls. This is especially true for those with juvenile-onset diabetes.

In practice, the risks mean that about 1 to 4 out of ten thousand diabetics died of infectious diseases caused by bacteria and viruses in this dataset during the year. The risk is not very high, but many infectious diseases are more common than usual in diabetics, so the results should be taken into account, especially in the treatment of juvenile-onset diabetes.

The study was published in the journal Diabetes Care.

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