Swine flu: any difference between diabetics ?

[Laty]

Has anyone found any news giving difference in morbidity in diabetics ?
All diabetics are mentioned as a whole group in risk.

One would think it is quite different to be a healthy athletic young diagnosed type-1 with good HBA1c
than an old obese type-2 with unoptimal HBA1c ?

"- Meanwhile, a survey has shown that many parents remain oblivious that their children are overweight, a condition that has emerged as an important risk factor with swine flu .
A survey by the Bupa health insurance company showed only about 8 per cent of children were considered overweight by their parents, when official statistics showed almost a quarter were overweight or obese."
Sydney Swine flu cases rise as surge in deaths expected (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/five-swine-flu-deaths-with-more-expected-20090714-dk5a.html)

[slipperyelm]

I have not heard that overweight children were more at risk for swine flu (or is that for worse outcomes when having swine flu?). I am curious about that.

Nor have I seen any comparison of diabetic children to old, obese, type 2 adults with poor diabetes control. Seems an odd thing to compare anyway. I have heard that the "old" as a group have some immunity to swine flu due to exposures to it in previous decades. Apparently I, at 50 years old, am not quite old enough to be expected to have any such immunity.

[JediSkipdogg]

I think the chances of seeing us as an at risk group are very slim if not non-existant. With only about 1000 deaths so far associated with swine flu in the US and 5000 deaths ESTIMATED worldwide (many countries are not even counting anymore due to the cost to associated to distinguish between swine and regular flu) the numbers are so small it's hard to tell. There's probably only been one or two deaths of diabetics in that group in the US. The CDC is the only one that can say if a death is swine flu related or not and many doctors are saying it is upon death based on symptons alone. Obviously, then incorrect info is given out. Has there truely been 0 regular flu deaths this year? Cause if so I find that hard to believe but I've heard none from the media so far, so it must be true (insert sarcasm smiley here.)

Heck, flu info for diabetics is old as well and it's hard to even say if we may have a stronger immunity to it now, but research isn't done in the area.