Diabetes and COVID-19: What To Know About ACE2 - Healthline
6/20/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Rachael Zimlich, RN, BSN
by Rachael Zimlich, RN, BSN
An enzyme that's often overactive in people with diabetes is known as ACE2, and it may be at least partly to blame for this predisposition to severe COVID-19 symptoms, and other non-COVID-19 complications.
People with diabetes are prone to a number of complications from this condition. But one of the newest pandemic era developments seems to show a link between diabetes and more severe illness from tho… [+4386 chars]
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