Amelinda Sali

Double Trouble The Surprising Connection Between Diabetes The links between tuberculosis and diabetes • people with a weak immune system, as a pdf tuberculosis diabetes result of chronic diseases such as diabetes, are at a higher risk of progressing from latent to active tb • people with diabetes have a 2-3 times higher risk of tb compared to people without diabetes • about 10% of tb cases globally are linked to diabetes. Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: merging epidemics article · literature review (pdf available) in the journal of the association of physicians of india 57(5):399-404 · june 2009 with 1,229 reads. Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that affects how the body turns food into energy.. tuberculosis (tb) is a serious health threat, especially for people living with diabetes. two tb-related conditions exist: latent tb infection and tb disease. people with latent tb infection are not sick because the body is able to fight the bacteria to stop them from growing...