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What are the symptoms of diabetes? from Seamus Sreenan, MBBCh, FRCPI, MD

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From: Seamus Sreenan, MBBCh, FRCPI, MD Category:  Diabetes

Added: Aug 22, 2008


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Symptoms of diabetes include excessive urination, thirst, weight loss, fatigue , blurred vision, non healing wound, and prolonged infection. Type 1 diabetes usually comes on relatively quickly, while type 2 can be longer. Diabetes is diagnosed with a blood sugar, or a glucose tolerance test. Patients who are overweight, and patients with the metabolic syndrome are at risk.





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