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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I have been Type 2 for 10years.
I've just read the article on diabetes.co.uk reporting the research by Dr Gianluca Iacobellis in Miami into the treatment of Covid-19 using drugs used in type 2 control such as Linagliptin.
During the first week of February when Covid-19 was something which appeared to be only going on in China, I started developing some very nasty symptoms. At the time it seemed like some sort of seasonal virus/chest infection and I didn't go to the GP. It wasn't like flu and with hindsight I now think I believe had all of what we now know to be typical Covid-19 symptoms. It was pretty severe took me a long while to fully get over it. Incidentally a friend who is a doctor says that he and others are convinced Covid-19 has been in this country longer that is acknowledged.
As part of my drug regime for type 2 I take Linagliptin and now having read the article about Dr Iacobellis' work, I cannot help but wonder 2 things:
Have I had Covid-19? and has Linagliptin been effective on treating my symptoms and prevented them from developing into a condition where I needed hospitalisation or even worse?
Any other Type 2s on Linagliptin had the same experience ??
I've just read the article on diabetes.co.uk reporting the research by Dr Gianluca Iacobellis in Miami into the treatment of Covid-19 using drugs used in type 2 control such as Linagliptin.
During the first week of February when Covid-19 was something which appeared to be only going on in China, I started developing some very nasty symptoms. At the time it seemed like some sort of seasonal virus/chest infection and I didn't go to the GP. It wasn't like flu and with hindsight I now think I believe had all of what we now know to be typical Covid-19 symptoms. It was pretty severe took me a long while to fully get over it. Incidentally a friend who is a doctor says that he and others are convinced Covid-19 has been in this country longer that is acknowledged.
As part of my drug regime for type 2 I take Linagliptin and now having read the article about Dr Iacobellis' work, I cannot help but wonder 2 things:
Have I had Covid-19? and has Linagliptin been effective on treating my symptoms and prevented them from developing into a condition where I needed hospitalisation or even worse?
Any other Type 2s on Linagliptin had the same experience ??
