Newer onset of diabetes mellitus and thyroid dysfunction in COVID-19: Study from rural India

BACKGROUND: Cytokine and bardykine storm plays important role in then pathogenesis of COVID-19 diseses, as result there are raised inflammatory markers and blood sugar. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Patient with RTPCR positive with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 were investigated for fasting and postprandial blood sugar and glycoted hemoglobin percentage, inflammatory markers TSH and Covid antibodies. RESULT: All the 17 cases detected newly onset of diabetes with normal HBA1c and raised thyroid stimulating hormones in five cases. Significant raised levels of inflammatory markers and D-diamer. All cases showed bilateral pneumonias in the lungs. CONCLUSION: Newer onset of diabetes mellitus due to COVID-19 disease should be mangled with insulin therapy.