They found that patients prescribed at least two courses of penicillins, cephalosporines, quinolones and macrolides were at higher risk of being diagnosed with type-2 diabetes. The risk increased with the number of antibiotic courses prescribed.Oh yeah, that is going to come in handy.
Patients prescribed 2-5 courses of penicillins increased their risk of diabetes by 8%, while for those with more than five penicillin courses this risk increased by 23%. For quinolones, diabetes risk increased by 15% among patients that were prescribed with 2-5 courses and by 37% for those with more than five courses. The risk was calculated after adjusting for other risk factors such as obesity, smoking history, heart disease and history of infections.
They think it's gut bacteria, but that's peripheral to the endotoxemia that alters glucose metabolism and really fuels this cycle.
I've got it figured out. I do.
There's a couple more weeks until it's too hot to work in the yard, then I will come inside and write it all down in a human understandable format for you guys.
