# Andre Guest - A case of COVID causing Diabetes

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918>\
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**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918 "2020-06-27T16:02:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918/1 "2020-06-27T16:02:11Z")

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> **['Perfectly Healthy' 16-Year-Old Who Loved Photography and Video Games Died...](https://people.com/health/16-year-old-dies-suddenly-from-covid-19/)**
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> “I can’t tell you how a perfectly healthy 16-year-old boy can be making his own peanut butter sandwich late Wednesday night ... and within 24 hours is fighting for his life," Dawn Guest said of her son Andre, who died in April

“Although Andre had no underlying medical conditions, the first thing doctors discovered was that he had developed Type 1 diabetes — his blood sugar was a dangerous 1,500 milligrams per deciliter, more than 10 times the normal amount. Type 1 diabetes frequently comes to light for the first time during an infection.”

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**Author:** ![Tapestry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tapestry/32/4434_2.png) [@Tapestry](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Tapestry)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918/2 "2020-06-27T16:42:51Z")

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Thanks for sharing, @ClaudnDaye. What a touching article. My thoughts and prayers are with the Guest family and all the families who have had to experience the “coughpunintendedcough” effects of covid.

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**Author:** ![Trying](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/trying/32/4078_2.png) [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918/3 "2020-06-27T18:28:23Z")

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My heart goes out to the Guest family. From one illness causing such tragedy.

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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918/4 "2020-06-28T02:45:39Z")

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That is just a terrible tragedy. Hits a little too close to home for me, with my story where I fought bringing my son into the doctor until he was in deep DKA.