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Diabetes ??
My father's wieght is low as compared to other person of same age. My whole family has no diabetes problem from generation. In May this year he has removed his 3 teeth but he has no problem in recovering the infected area.1 month ago he has a cut in his leg but it also get recovers normally. He has no symptom of diabetes rather than weight loss like fatigue,very fast urination ,not recovering any cuts etc.But one doctor said that may be he is suffering from diabetes after ckecking the sugar level was 426 but he has eaten a lot of sweets from past 4-5 days. What should I do?
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Dr. Rakesh Parikh
Diabetologist
23 yrs exp
Jaipur
The sugar levels are very high. Not all patients would have classical symptoms of diabetes
You should confirm the reports by doing fasting and post lunch sugars. If those are abnormal we will need to start him on medicines immediately
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