Diabetes mellitus and COVID-19: current state of knowledge

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by disturbances in carbohydrate metabolism. Long-term high blood glucose levels can lead to variety of serious complications and organ failure. Diabetic patients are particularly at risk the severe course COVID-19. Objective: The study aimed investigate relationship between diabetes literature available PubMed database was used carry out systematic review literature. meta-analyzes from 2021 2022 were for analysis, with inclusion phrases "DIABETES" "COVID-19" title. A brief description state knowledge: does not increase incidence COVID-19, but higher compared non-diabetic population. This especially true uncontrolled glycaemia. SARS-CoV-2 disrupts metabolism, damage pancreatic beta cells and, this mechanism, induce or cause progression pre-existing diabetes. There an increased COVID-19 complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome death Conclusions: rapid Important therapy glycemic control monitoring percentage glycosylated hemoglobin, CRP D-dimers. modification current treatment may be necessary. In who have undergone attention should paid possibility induction dysregulation metabolism suffering previously.