Lancet: Studies have shown that coronaviruses can cause diabetes.

A growing body of clues suggests that coronaviruses may cause diabetes.
found that in people with new coronary pneumonia, insulin-producing cells were destroyed by the virus.
in most people with type 1 diabetes, the body's immune cells usually suddenly begin to destroy the beta cells in the pancreas responsible for producing insulin hormones.
: Diabetes has been identified as a key risk factor for developing severe COVID-19, and people with the disease are more likely to die.
if you have new coronary pneumonia, diabetes is catastrophic," said Paul Zimet, who studies metabolic diseases at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
, a growing number of researchers believe that diabetes not only makes people more susceptible to coronaviruses, but that the virus can also cause diabetes in about 3 percent of people.
" diabetes itself is an epidemic, just like the new crown pneumonia pandemic.
there could be a conflict between the two epidemics," he said.
they suspect that a small number of people develop diabetes spontaneously after contracting SARS-CoV-2, and that when they arrive at the hospital, blood sugar and ketones are extremely high, which is caused by the accumulation of fat in the liver.
body does not produce enough insulin to break down sugar, it uses ketones as an alternative fuel.
researchers cite other evidence.
viruses, including those that cause SARS, are associated with autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes.
organs that control blood sugar are rich in a protein called ACE2, which SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect cells.
latest clue comes from a study of laboratory pancreatic organs published last week, suggesting that the virus can cause diabetes by destroying cells that control blood sugar.
but other researchers are cautious about such advice.
we need to keep a close eye on the incidence of diabetes in people with a history of new coronary pneumonia and determine whether the incidence of diabetes will exceed expectations.
have shown that viruses can disrupt the function of key cells associated with diabetes - either by killing them directly or by triggering an immune response that attacks them.
the virus also attacked cells in pancreatic and liver organs transplanted into mice.
and muscle loss caused by severe infections can also push people at risk into prediabetes.
long-term research can reveal exactly what happened.
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