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If you are a healthy diabetic with good glucose control, are you still at increased risk of coronavirus, covid-19, and subsequent complications and death?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
DM COVID-19: You are not at risk of getting COVID-19 but if you get it you are at greater risk of dying. So don't get it! How? Follow CDC guidelines at all times like you life depended on it. When you are around anyone (other than those you have been hunkered down with and has not been out for at least 14 days... wear a mask.
Answered 5/4/2020
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COVID 19: If you diabetes mellitus is well controlled it would not be the level of risk of someone who has poorly controlled blood sugars and who has already suffered other complications from diabetes .
Answered 5/27/2020
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