Surprise leading causes of excess hospitalization for people with type 2 diabetes (Iron deficiency, mental and gastrointestinal issues)

Medical Xpress / Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute / Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice ^ | Nov. 23, 2022 | Catherine Butterfield / Dunya Tomic et al

[ConservativeMind]

Findings reveal that some unexpected conditions are leading to more hospitalizations in people living with type 2 diabetes compared to the general population.

The emergence of iron deficiency anemia, mental health disorders and gastrointestinal disorders as leading reasons for excess hospitalization among those with type 2 diabetes compared to the general population was met with some surprise by Professor Dianna Magliano.

The study found that people with type 2 diabetes are far more likely to be hospitalized with iron deficiency anemia than those without diabetes.

"Our findings suggest the possibility of a biological link between type 2 diabetes and iron deficiency anemia," she said.

The leading cause of excess hospitalizations for men living with type 2 diabetes was cellulitis. Other well-known complications that were responsible for large numbers of excess hospitalizations included heart failure, heart attack and angina.

However, mental health disorders, including stress disorders, depression, and schizophrenia, had levels of hospitalizations that in some cases exceeded the top-ranked traditional diabetes complications.

"In men, stress disorders accounted for the highest number of excess admissions of all diagnoses, with the exception of cellulitis," Prof Magliano said. "This reinforces the evidence that mental health disorders are also an emerging complication of diabetes."

Asthma was also associated with a high number of hospitalizations in women. While this is a novel finding, there is evidence suggesting a link between obesity, diabetes, and asthma, which is thought to be related to high cholesterol, high insulin levels and physical inactivity.

"What our study has shown is that people with type 2 diabetes are at greater risk of hospitalization for most medical conditions compared to the general population, including conditions not commonly associated with diabetes," Prof Magliano said. "These are important findings that demonstrate the need to revise diabetes management to account for the changing complications."

[ConservativeMind]

It seems men did not have the level of iron issues women had, and that would be expected.

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[Skywise]

Mental health disorders are a complication of diabeetus...

HUH...

I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that the current medical establishment throws type 2 people into “diabetes clinics” staffed by 500lb diabetic nurses who teach you to eat the food pyramid and you’re stuck on pseudoscience treatments for the rest of your life.

[CPT Clay]

Yikes

[Tunehead54]

For my lady ...

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[mewzilla]

I don’t know anyone with Type II who had previously taken good care of themselves.

[Carriage Hill]

If I knew I was going to live this long,
I would have taken better care of myself.