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Are diabetics immunocompromised?
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No: But having uncontrolled blood sugar can make you disposed to lots of infections and can cause your body to be weak when it comes to fighting infections.
Answered 1/13/2020
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Little bit.: White blood cells in diabetics become glycosylated, meaning they get glucose molecules attached to them. This attachment deforms the white blood cell structure a bit, which affects the function of the white blood cells and renders the diabetic a little bit immunocompromised. As such, diabetics are a bit more prone to infections and can't fight them off as well as someone without diabetes.
Answered 3/30/2020
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