Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, in which the body attacks its own pancreatic beta cells. The body no longer makes any insulin as a result.
My kid got it 27 years ago a few months after the coxsackie virus. A short burst of steroids for asthma did “unmask” it by causing high blood sugars, but a few months later it was here to stay.
Not surprised that COVID is doing this, and it would seem to prove autoimmune activity can be triggered by COVID, possibly a reason for long COVID. Unfortunately for type 1 the autoimmune destruction cannot recover.
I think we are likely talking about Revatio - this is the brand name for sildenafil citrate formulation approved for PAH. The API is the same as the infamous ED drug.
I found this interesting, particularly because good friends might have just demonstrated this: son infected first then infected mom both O+. Dad and daughter not infected - type O-.
This is interesting to me. Two of my son’s classmates (a boy and a girl) were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in first or second grade after a viral illness. This intrigued some specialist that was researching this disorder at the time (can’t remember the details but I think they were a relative of one of the kids) and I remember the whole class got to be part of a study. All the kids needed to do was provide a little blood and get treated like royalty by the researchers. I’ll try to see if I can come up with the study if it was ever published.
My apologies if this has been already posted - saw it this morning in my news and don’t have a ton of time to be on the computer catching up otherwise. It matches 100% what my ED nurse neighbor said. It’s definitely not a good time to need a hospital for any reason in many places. Omicron isn’t mild for hospitals.
The hospitals in Delco outside Philly are so swamped they are closing their ERs. The local hospital to me cancelled all elective procedures and turned those units into ERs. A friend who is a NICU nurse is being sent to a hospital 40 minutes away that does not have enough staff.
Why haven’t more communities opened infusion centers? Many of those, probably most, receiving monoclonal IV treatment do not require hospital facilities. Such centers help alleviate overcrowding and are easy to set up and operate.
Isn’t the problem one of supply of sotrovimab? I posted up the thread about how my step-MIL is at Mayo Hospital in AZ right now and was unable to get sotrovimab due to statewide supply shortages. Good news is she is doing well on remdesivir and hopes to go home today.
My mother needs evaluation and treatment for vertigo and has been in bed for two weeks. I am having to do advocacy just to get her regular blood work. The hospital system is understaffed and overwhelmed.
