A study from the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus (UTSPH) indicates that Type 2 diabetespatients may be more likely to contract tuberculosis (TB).
From the diabetes blog at About.com:
Type 2 diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetesinvolving chronic high blood sugar, is associated with altered immune response to TB, and this was particularly marked in patients with chronically high blood sugar.
Patients with diabetes and TB take longer to respond to anti-TB treatment.
Patients with active tuberculosis and Type 2 diabetes are more likely to have multi-drug resistant TB.
Joseph B. McCormick, M.D., UTSPH regional dean, believes that that these results herald new avenues oftreatment.
“It opens a door to doing something about it,” said McCormick, the university's James H. Steele Professor. “We can educate physicians and offer more TB screenings. We have an opportunity to make sure patients are diagnosed correctly and that there is no delay in diagnosis.”
It can be hard to avoid an airborne illness like TB, butif you have if you have Type 2 diabetes, it's extremelymaintain your blood sugar. If it's out of control, you're more at risk for TB.
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