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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – According to a new scientific study, millions of people with high blood sugar may be more likely to contract TB than previously expected.
Tuberculosis is a serious infection caused by bacteria in the lungs, killing many people every year, as well as HIV / AIDS and malaria, according to the Daily Mail website.
In 2017, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 10 million people were infected with tuberculosis.
Experts worry that a global explosion of diabetes will put millions of people at risk.
To confirm the results, scientists from the London School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine conducted blood tests of people with tuberculosis and diabetes in four countries: South Africa, Romania, Indonesia and Peru.
They then tested people with TB and blood sugar and discovered that blood samples from diabetic patients still contained TB molecules.
"A person with diabetes increases the risk of TB," said Agay Kumar, research director at the International Union for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
Kumar added that "millions" of people with high blood sugar may be at increased risk.
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