15 study published on cell.com found that rising blood sugar levels were common among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Researchers of the study concluded that hyperglycemia, a spike in blood sugar levels, was being caused by COVID-19 disrupting fat cells’ production of adiponectin, a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar levels.

Rabasa, who also works at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal said that he’s been seeing more patients who are dealing with bad cases of COVID-19 display hyperglycemia.

He added that we could simply be seeing high blood sugar for a short period of time, which means that while some people may not develop diabetes right away, the effects on their beta cells and tissue damage could be lingering and make them more susceptible to getting it later on.

A Scottish study found that people who already had Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes were already at greater risk of a worse outcome if they contracted COVID-19.

“Overall risks of fatal or critical care unit-treated COVID-19 were substantially elevated in those with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes compared with the background population,” reads the study.

While infection could be one of the concerns resulting in diabetes, Rabasa said that COVID-19 also has indirect effects on how someone could become diabetic.

“If you’ve been less active, are eating not as good as you’re supposed to, COVID is causing you stress to eat your emotions, those things drive Type 2 diabetes,” he said.

It’s been 100 years since the discovery of insulin, a medical advancement that has allowed people with diabetes to regulate their blood sugar levels at all times.  Despite the leaps in medicine and understanding that exercise and good nutrition can help stave off diabetes, there has been a “trend of more people coming forward with newly diagnosed diabetes,” according to Dr.

A 2020 analysis by McMaster University found that of patients with severe COVID-19, nearly 15 per cent developed diabetes.

The authors of the study noted some people could already have been at-risk of diabetes before contracting the virus. .

As a result, she said Diabetes Canada can’t confirm if the potential spike in diabetes rates is directly caused by COVID-19