Roberto Izquierdo, MD, is chief of pediatric endocrine and diabetes care at Upstate.
Exploring why kids who got COVID were more likely to develop Type 1 diabetes
Children younger than 18 appear more likely to be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes within a month of COVID-19 infection than their peers who were not infected. Endocrinologist Roberto Izquierdo, MD, explores the reasons why and explains Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and how they are managed. Izquierdo is the chief of pediatric endocrine and diabetes care at Upstate.