# Long Covid - what's the prevalence and prognosis?

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Covid increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. A big review of data from the US veteran’s administration hospitals finds that those who survived covid for 30 days were about 40% more likely to develop diabetes than if they hadn’t had covid. That was an increase in the number of cases of about 13.5 per 1000 at twelve months.

The increased risk was greater for those who were seriously ill with covid than for those who had milder cases, but were still significant for those who weren’t hospitalized.

Study:  
[https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext)

Intro:

> A growing body of evidence suggests that beyond the first 30 days, the acute phase of the disease, people with COVID-19 could experience post-acute sequelae—referred to as long COVID—which can involve pulmonary and extrapulmonary organ system manifestations, including diabetes outcomes.  
> [1](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#bib1)  
> Although diabetes and other glycometabolic abnormalities have been widely reported during the acute phase of COVID-19, less is known about the risk and burden of diabetes and related outcomes in the post-acute phase of COVID-19.  
> [2](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#) ,  
> [3](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#) ,  
> [4](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#),  
> [5](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#),  
> [6](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#),  
> [7](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#),  
> [8](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#),  
> [9](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00044-4/fulltext#)  
> A detailed assessment of the risk and burden of diabetes in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 is needed to inform post-acute COVID-19 care strategies.

The article ends by suggesting health care systems should gear up for managing more diabetes cases.

WaPo article coving this paper:  
Covid infection associated with a greater likelihood of Type 2 diabetes, according to review of patient records

> **[Covid infection associated with a greater likelihood of Type 2 diabetes,...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/21/covid-infection-diabetes/)**
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> A review of hundreds of thousands of VA patients who had covid found they are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes within a year of infection, even if the infection was mild.

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