My mom had COVID-19 in January. It wasn't too bad, no trouble breathing, no hospitalization, and was back to work in about a week. But about a month ago she started getting dizzy/light headed, and saw her doctor. Turns out she is now pre-diabetic, after having no history of pancreatic issues. She told her sister about it, who also had COVID-19 (with no major complications), and turns out she is now pre-diabetic too. Neither have other factors that lead to the disease, and there isn't a family history. I thought that was weird so I started looking around and found this:
In November 2020, a global analysis published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism found that up to 14.4% of people who were hospitalized with severe COVID-19 also developed diabetes.
If any of you that had it start to have any symptoms, get checked out. Simply blood test.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:38 pm
by Nodack
I just assumed anyone over 40 was pre-diabetic. I was told I was pre-diabetic a few years ago after a blood test. I was also over on bad cholesterol too. I cut way back on sugar, less soda, more water and started eating more trail mix stuff instead of crap junk food. A year later my blood test came back and I was below the threshold of bad on everything. Now I have slipped back somewhere in the middle on the bad habit scale.
I have not heard a word about Covid patients becoming pre-diabetic before. I am curious now since I was pre-diabetic already and got Covid. I am going through some medical stuff unrelated to Covid and have had every test imaginable X-rays, mri’s, CT scan, echocardiogram’s and blood work and nobody has mentioned diabetes. I guess you have to have had severe Covid and my case barely registered as a cold.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:50 pm
by Indy
it wasn't severe for either of them, but the study I shared did look specifically at severe cases.
And neither of them were pre-diabetic before that, and have regular physicals and blood work each year.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:59 pm
by Nodack
You could help round out the study if you caught Covid.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:14 pm
by Mori Chu
Interesting. Glad your mother has recovered at least, Indy. COVID is scary stuff. A lot of folks focus on the case counts and death numbers, but there are a lot of negative consequences short of death that are still problematic.
You could help round out the study if you caught Covid.
Not that I want you to get it Indy. Not a very tasteful joke. I have only seen one Covid joke.
“I just had my first shot. As soon as the waitress comes around again I’ll order my second.”
I didn't think you were wishing that on me, dack. no worries.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 1:57 pm
by AmareIsGod
You know what they’re saying about 2020. It went viral faster than anyone thought it would.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 3:54 pm
by Superbone
You guys think it's bad here? In Germany, they prepared for the covid crisis by stocking up with sausage and cheese. They figured that would be the wurst käse scenario.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 3:55 pm
by Superbone
Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19? Too many handshakes.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 11:04 pm
by Nodack
My husband purchased a world map and then gave me a dart and said, “Throw this and wherever it lands—that’s where I’m taking you when this pandemic ends.” Turns out, we’re spending two weeks behind the fridge.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 11:06 pm
by Nodack
The World Health Organization announced that dogs cannot contract COVID-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 11:42 pm
by Nodack
How did the health experts lie? They said a mask and gloves was enough to go to the grocery store. When I got there, everyone else had clothes on.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 11:43 pm
by Nodack
Quarantine has really put a damper on comedy. For months nobody has walked into a bar.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 11:44 pm
by Nodack
Why do they call it the novel coronavirus? It’s a long story….
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:24 am
by In2ition
Why does it seem that every new virus comes from China? Are we just numb to this or am I just missing a bunch of other big viruses that don't get reported? Should this report belong here, in it's own new thread or in the Latest Military Hardware thread?
Looks like someone gave a man in China the bird. The bird flu, that is. And the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) is making sure that the someone was a bird and not a human.
Normally, the H10N3 avian influenza virus is for the birds, so to speak, and not for humans. In fact, before April, this strain of flu virus had never been known to jump to human. However, all that changed on Tuesday when China's National Health Commission (NHC) announced that a 41-year-old man, from Zhenjiang in the Jiangsu Province of China, had indeed been infected with the H10N3 avian influenza virus.
During the last week of April, the man had developed a fever, but not just a need cowbell-type of fever. This fever got worse and worse until he was admitted to a local hospital on April 28. Eventually, doctors took samples of respiratory fluid from the man and sent them off to the CCDC, who on May 28 conducted genetic analyses on the specimens. What did they find? The H10N3 bird flu virus. Fortunately, the man eventually got better to the point of being ready for discharge from the hospital.
Meanwhile, the May 28 finding has prompted the CCDC to go off on a not-just-wild goose chase. It was a chicken chase. And a poultry in general chase. And a human chase. They wanted to figure out where and how the man may have been infected with the H10N3 avian influenza virus. More importantly, the CCDC wanted to make sure that the man did not pick up the virus from or spread the virus to another human being.
An avian strain of the flu jumping from birds to humans for the first time does, of course, raise some concerns. In birds, the H10N3 avian influenza virus typically causes no more than mild disease. However, in humans, it can be quite a different story. When it comes to the H10N3 bird flu, the man’s immune system was in effect a 41-year-old virgin. In fact, practically all human immune systems are virgins. Your immune system has never really seen this particular strain of virus. Therefore, it can behave like a virgin, touched by the virus for the very first time, not knowing what to do, and subsequently firing off in random directions. This can result in a lot worse disease and greater chances of death.
Even more concerning, though, would be human-to-human transmission of the H10N3 avian influenza virus. It’s one thing if a single human (not a human without a significant other that is but one human) gets infected with a new virus. It’s something completely different if humans can then spread this new virus to each other. When human-to-human transmission can occur in a sustained manner, that’s when you really have to worry about a serious outbreak, a possible epidemic, and maybe even a pandemic. That’s essentially what happened with something you may have heard of over the past year: the Covid-19 coronavirus.
So far, a search of the man’s personal contacts and surrounding neighborhoods has not found any other human cases, which is good news. At this point, there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission. So the chances of the H10N3 avian influenza virus spreading far and wide right now seem very low. The man most likely caught the virus from a bird.
Therefore, health officials in China are warning people to avoid direct contact with live poultry, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. So rather than snuggling with chickens while watching your favorite rom-com, it’s better to text them the best lines instead. Oh and cancel the duck rave. Stop sharing chalices with geese. And be extra careful if poultry seem sick, such as asking for a tissue or saying “dude, I’m sick,” or dead.
Even though some people on social media are saying things like “here we go again,” there’s no need to panic right now about the H10N3 avian flu virus. No need to start hoarding toilet paper as if it were dogecoin or something like that. Again, without the ability to go from human to human, this virus can’t readily cause an outbreak among humans.
Nevertheless, it is important for public health officials to be on lookout for any such respiratory virus that jumps from animals to humans for the first time and follow them closely. After all, chicken and animals aren’t like Las Vegas. What happens in them doesn’t necessarily always stay in them. With relatively high mutation rates, flu viruses and coronaviruses that normally circulate among other animals could acquire the ability to circulate among humans.
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:36 am
by Superbone
I've never seen somebody have so much fun with a virus story. Just a couple examples off the top:
"Looks like someone gave a man in China the bird. The bird flu, that is."
"During the last week of April, the man had developed a fever, but not just a need cowbell-type of fever."
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:27 am
by Cap
Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:08 pm
by Indy
Why does it seem that every new virus comes from China?
Well 20% of the worlds' population lives there. And the poor vs rich gap is even bigger than it is in the US. And there are plenty of places there where the conditions are similar to what the US had during the industrial revolution. Lots and lots and lots of opportunities for viruses to multiply and mutate.