Amid rise in Covid-19 cases, ICMR issues guidelines for management of Type 1 diabetes

New Delhi, June 6: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issued guidelines for the management of Type 1 diabetes on Monday.

"The ICMR  guidelines come at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected people with diabetes population, exposing them to a high risk for severe illness and mortality," informed the ICMR in a statement. The guidelines include a vast umbrella of topics, including epidemiology and diagnosis and guide for differential diagnosis, drugs -insulin and others, monitoring of metabolic control, etc. Also Read | India sees surge in Covid cases with 4,518 fresh infections, nine more deaths The concept and compilation of the guidelines has been done by prominent researchers and doctors, including Dr Nikhil Tandon (HOD of Endocrinology & Metabolism, AIIMS, New Delhi), Dr V Mohan (Director, MDRF, Chennai), Dr R S Dhaliwal (Head, Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, ICMR Hqrs). It is for the first time that the ICMR has released guidelines for Type 1 diabetes as it had been only releasing guidelines for Type 2 diabetes till date. Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin by itself. The most common is Type 2 diabetes, usually in adults, which occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn't make enough insulin. In the past three decades, the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes has risen dramatically in countries of all income levels. Also Read | Watch: Sidhu Moosewala's last CCTV footage with fans few minutes before crime -PTC News