{"id":114404,"date":"2024-10-15T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T05:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114404"},"modified":"2024-10-15T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T05:22:47","slug":"children-and-teens-who-have-contracted-covid-are-more-prone-to-diabetes-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114404","title":{"rendered":"Children and teens who have contracted COVID are more prone to diabetes: study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Children and teenagers who have been infected with strands of the coronavirus are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those afflicted by other respiratory illnesses, according to a new research study published on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Children were 50% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes around six months after contracting the coronavirus infection compared to those impacted by other respiratory illnesses like seasonal influenza bronchitis, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2824731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">JAMA Network Open study<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The arm of a woman wearing an Omnipod insulin pump.  <span class=\"credit\">Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The chances only skyrocketed for obese children, who clocked in at a staggering 100% greater likelihood compared to their peers.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers employed health records of more than 60,000 children aged 10 to 19 from January 2020 \u2013prior to the coronavirus being declared a pandemic \u2014 to December 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A blood glucose test for diabetes with a glucometer. <span class=\"credit\">Kwangmoozaa \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The subjects\u2019 records were categorized into two groups \u2014 one with those who tested positive for the coronavirus, and another for those who contracted all other respiratory illnesses. From there, all correlations with positive diabetes diagnoses were noted and studied. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the health records came from before the coronavirus vaccines were made available to children, since the shots were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for those aged 5 to 11 until October 2021. The research does not note if the subjects received the vaccines or not. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A child receiving a nasal swab test for the coronavirus during the omicron variant outbreak in December 2021. <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The onset of diabetes could also be attributed to other impacts from the pandemic lockdown, like decreased physical activity or lack of immunity, Steven M. Willi, director of the diabetes center at Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2024\/10\/14\/kids-teens-covid-diabetes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told the Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Willi was not involved in the study and believes that the concluded correlations between coronavirus and Type 2 diabetes still require further investigation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A child receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in February 2022.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coronavirus is also not the only respiratory illness with the potential to trigger other autoimmune diseases. <\/p>\n<p>The Epstein-Barr virus, more commonly known as mononucleosis or \u201cthe kissing disease,\u201d has been linked to conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. <\/p>\n<p>Bronchiectasis is known to trigger similar autoimmune diseases as well, including Sjogren\u2019s syndrome and relapsing polychondritis. <\/p>\n<p>Anandita Pal, a Houston pediatrician, told the Washington Post that while the study is significant, parents shouldn\u2019t automatically assume that their child will develop diabetes because they have contracted the coronavirus. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAutoimmune conditions are based on each person\u2019s genetics and their environment and all the other variables,\u201d Pal said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/14\/lifestyle\/children-and-teens-who-have-contracted-covid-are-more-prone-to-diabetes-studychildren-and-teenagers-who-have-been-infected-with-strands-of-the-coronavirus-are-more-likely-to-develop-type-2-diabetes-th\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children and teenagers who have been infected with strands of the coronavirus are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those afflicted by other respiratory illnesses, according to a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114404\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}