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Helminth Infections and Diabetes

The potential protective effects of helminth infections against autoimmune diabetes.

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Jan 17, 2026
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What evidence links parasitic infections to new‑onset diabetes in humans?

A growing body of observational studies finds higher rates of certain parasitic infections in people with diabetes, while a separate strand of experimental and animal research finds some helminths can...

Jan 12, 2026
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What evidence links toxoplasma or other parasites to pancreatic beta-cell damage or altered diabetes risk?

Multiple lines of evidence—case reports, animal experiments, seroepidemiology and mechanistic papers—have linked parasites, most prominently Toxoplasma gondii, to pancreatic pathology or altered diabe...

Jan 13, 2026
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Blue parasite for type 2 diabetes

No evidence in the supplied reporting supports a thing called a “blue parasite” as a treatment or cause of type 2 diabetes; the literature instead explores how certain helminths (parasitic worms) or t...

Jan 19, 2026

How does diabetes physiologically increase susceptibility to parasitic infections and how has that been measured?

Diabetes is associated with altered infection risk: multiple systematic reviews and meta-analyses report higher pooled prevalence or odds of intestinal parasitic infections in people with diabetes com...

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