Lara Adejoro Medical experts have said recurrent vaginal and skin infections could be signs of diabetes. The experts also said diabetes could increase the risk of pneumonia and make it harder to fight off the infection once it develops. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin …
Medical experts have said recurrent vaginal and skin infections could be signs of diabetes.
A study published in 2021 by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information found that diabetes presents a significant risk factor for all kinds of infections and increases the rate of outpatient infections as well as the incidence of infections requiring hospitalisation. Zhou said diabetes represents an incredibly important risk factor for infection, raising the likelihood of infection for both outpatient treated conditions and those which lead to hospitalisation.
Speaking with our correspondent, a Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Christian Okafor, explained that when the blood sugar is high, it suppresses the immune system of the body, which is the ability of the body to fight off infections and because of that such people are exposed to infections.
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