Are people with type 1 diabetes more at risk for COVID-19? It depends on how well your blood sugar is controlled.
, you already have a lot of extra health worries, and now you need to add COVID-19 infections to the list.of catching COVID-19, if you'll be able to get your diabetes supplies and how you might handle the illness if you do get sick.Aaron Kowalski, CEO of JDRF , has some good news on this front.
"If you have an A1C that is less than 9.5%, you are not really considered immunocompromised," she said."Higher blood sugar levels for more than two weeks can impair immune function." Be aware that medications can raise your blood sugar, and some drugs affect the accuracy of readings on certain continuous glucose monitors.
Your diabetes sick day management should tell you when to test for ketones. As a general rule, if you're on an insulin pump and your blood sugar is over 250 milligrams per deciliter , and you haven't responded to a correction dose of insulin, check your ketones and call your doctor.
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