A new study suggests that frequent use of Antibiotics can increase risk of developing Type-2 Diabetes.
Researchers from Denmark found out that people who developed Type-2 diabetes tended to take more antibiotics in the years leading up to the diagnosis than people who did not have the condition.
Study author Kristian Hallundbaek Mikkelsen from Gentofte Hospital in Hellerup, Denmark said “In our research, we found people who have Type-2 diabetes used significantly more antibiotics up to 15 years prior to diagnosis compared to healthy controls.
“Although we cannot infer causality from this study, the findings raise the possibility that antibiotics could raise the risk of Type-2 diabetes.”
The researchers observed antibiotic prescriptions for 170,504 people who had Type-2 diabetes and for 1.3 million people who did not have diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus type 2 is characterized by high blood sugar in the context of insulin resistance and relative lack of insulin.