Being caught in the perfect storm of a diabetes epidemic and the COVID‐19 pandemic: What should we do for our patients?

• Published in: Journal of Diabetes Investigation Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 297 - 300
• Main Authors: Cho, Yunjung, Yoon, Kun‐Ho
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Japan John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring - methods; Cardiovascular diseases; Cerebral infarction; Comorbidity; Confidence intervals; Congestive heart failure; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - blood; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Cytokines; Dehydrogenases; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus - therapy; Disease control; Disease prevention; Fatalities; Glucose; Hand Hygiene - methods; Hemoglobin; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Hypertension; Infections; Intensive care; Internet of Things; Lifestyles; Metabolic disorders; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Patients; Physical Distancing; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Smartphones; Text messaging; Viral infections; Italy; China
• ISSN: 2040-1116; 2040-1124
• DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13425

COVID‐19 is spreading rapidly around the world, and the number of related deaths is also increasing. In particular, diabetes patients have shown more severe conditions and a higher mortality rate related to COVID‐19, and as no effective treatment or vaccine has been developed yet, efforts to prevent infection are very important. The most important steps to prevent infection are social distancing, wearing a mask and performing proper hand hygiene, and also telemedicine can be used to resolve the physical and psychological barriers to access to medical institutions for diabetes patients.