Type 2 diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for severe COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected a number of urgent health problems, one of which is diabetes mellitus. The presence of diabetes mellitus is often caused by a more severe course of the infectious process, accompanied by the development of complications leading to death. The aim is to analyze the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the infectious department of the Osh Interregional Clinical Hospital and to determine the impact of diabetes mellitus on the clinical picture and mortality in COVID-19. It has been established that the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with COVID-19 significantly aggravates the infectious process and is a risk factor for death. The obtained data require further study of the described problem in order to find ways to prevent severe clinical consequences.