Transient Hyperglycemia in a Patient With Type 2 Diabetes After COVID-19 Messenger RNA Vaccination: A Case Report


Aniebietabasi Okon-Umoren • Sean Yaphe • Andrea Smith • Karla D. Passalacqua • Katarzyna Budzynska, Published: July 06, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63983  Abstract The development of new vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in response to the COVID-19 pandemic represents a milestone in the history of public health. However, due to the rapid development and short duration of these new vaccines, the full spectrum of side effects […]

Covid infection associated with a greater likelihood of Type 2 diabetes, according to review of patient records


Authors: Lenny Bernstein – March 21, 2022 The Washington Post People who had covid-19 were at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes within a year than those who managed to avoid the coronavirus, according to a large review of patient records released Monday. The finding is true even for people who had less severe or asymptomatic […]

SARS-CoV-2 infects human pancreatic β cells and elicits β cell impairment


aUTHORS: Chien-Ting Wu,1,13Peter V. Lidsky,2,13Yinghong Xiao,2,13Ivan T. Lee,3,4,5,13Ran Cheng,1,6,13Tsuguhisa Nakayama,5,7,13Sizun Jiang,3,13Janos Demeter,1Romina J. Bevacqua,8Charles A. Chang,8,9,10,11Robert L. Whitener,8Anna K. Stalder,12Bokai Zhu,3Han Chen,3 Cell Metab. 2021 Aug 3; 33(8): 1565–1576.e5.Published online 2021 May18. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.05.013 :  PMC8130512PMID: 34081912 Abstract Emerging evidence points toward an intricate relationship between the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and diabetes. While preexisting diabetes is […]

Hyperglycemia in Acute COVID-19 is Characterized by Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance


Authors: Reiterer M, Rajan M, Gómez-Banoy N, Lau JD, Gomez-Escobar LG, Gilani A, Alvarez-Mulett S, Sholle ET, Chandar V, Bram Y, Hoffman K, Rubio-Navarro A, Uhl S, Shukla AP, Goyal P, tenOever BR, Alonso LC, Schwartz RE, Schenck EJ, Safford MM Abstract  COVID-19 has proven to be a metabolic disease resulting in adverse outcomes in individuals with diabetes or obesity. Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and hyperglycemia suffer from longer hospital stays, higher risk of […]