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Diabetes Mellitus

What are the symptoms?

The main symptoms of untreated diabetes are increased thirst, going to the loo all the time (especially at night), extreme tiredness, weight loss, genital itching or regular episodes of thrush, and blurred vision.

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Medical text written October 2000 by Diabetes UK. Approved October 2000 by Dr A C F Burden, Consultant Physician and Hon. Senior Lecturer, Chair of the Diabetes Care Advisory Committee of Diabetes UK, London, UK. Last updated August 2005 by Diabetes UK. Approved August 2005 by Dr R I G Holt, Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

 

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