Covid is a major factor. It is known to like to attack the isles of langerhans, the parts of the pancreas that produce insulin.

I was thrown into diabetes in 2010 after I had a hysterectomy and oophorectomy. Plus all my lymph nodes taken out of my legs. It has been extremely hard to deal with over the years. Also it did not help that I have a hereditary connection to the disease.

@A DiabetesTeam Member while we are still probably a couple years from the (scientific papers being published) the early estimates put Covid as adding 2% to the overall rate of diabetes

Pre-Covid (2018) 8 to 10% of the population had diabetes (depending on country)

Post Covid the rate increased to 10 - 12%

That is the largest jump in New Onset Diabetes in "forever" (compared to the typical year over year increase - just for comparison, in 1975 only 2% of the population was Diabetic - our "modern medicine and processed/fast food industry and busy lifestyle" have worked so well that the rate of diabetes is up 600% in 50 years - we should be so proud - or maybe not..

As Henry notes, in some patients (4.5% by some estimates), whether they had a mild case or were down hard for a while, had their pancreas attacked by the covid cooties and destroyed some level of insulin production = diabetes due to insulin deficiency

Others, who were "on the fence" and sat at home "locked in" wolfing junk food and over indulging in alcohol and just jumped on the Diabetes bandwagon a couple years before they "inevitably" would have anyhow

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While I agree with all of your comments I also believe covid is a factor. The risk is higher if unvaccinated and since I had covid prior to the development of the vaccine I fall in that category. While I wasn’t grossly overweight I was overweight according to the bmi index. I ate relatively healthy but I admit there were instances of over indulgence. My Dr has always monitored my blood sugar and always in range until I had covid. I went from fine to diabetic in 6 months. I won’t argue that family history could very well be a factor as well. We’ll never know if covid was a direct cause but since covid there has been an increase in diabetes world wide. It will take time to discover all the complications of having covid.

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