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Help me stop scaring myself (re diabetes)

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Jennisaurus · 16/08/2004 21:04

In this past week I have started feeling very odd.

I need to wee ALL the time, seriously about every 10 minutes, and I do actually need to go bit TMI but I have a proper wee, not just a drop!
I am also incredibly hungry all the time, absolutely starving. I used to have cereal, sandwich and then a main meal in the day. Now about 10 minutes after a meal I am hungry again, but I am still loosing weight.

I am being totally ridiciulous I know, but the loo thing is getting stupid. Any ideas of what this is? I keep thinking its diabetes but symptoms would not show up in a week, and I am not especially thirsty.

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MummyToSteven · 16/08/2004 21:09

any chance you could be pregnant Jennisaurus, or have a urinary tract infection? I would go to the doctors to check things out. I would not imagine that you were thirsty - I understand that with diabetes you are incredibly thirsty - and because you have to drink a lot, you need to urinate a lot. So you wouldn't have the one symptom without the other.

fuzzywuzzy · 16/08/2004 21:09

could you possibly be pregnant???

MummyToSteven · 16/08/2004 21:10

oops - I meant would not imagine that you were diabetic, not thirsty

clairabelle · 16/08/2004 21:16

Jennisaurus am I right in thinking you work in a hospital environment? If so do a dipstick and put your mind at risk but as has been said check for UTI or pregnancy. Just for info you can PU a lot with diabetes without having to have an increased thirst as it is the kidneys way of clearing the sugar but it is more usual to be excessively thirsty as well.

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Jennisaurus · 16/08/2004 21:19

Not pregnant 100% sure on that one. I am going to do a quick urine test at work tomorrow, I just feel silly for being so paranoid!

With an infection wouldn't it hurt passing urine?

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clairabelle · 16/08/2004 21:32

It is more usual to have pain on PU with an infection but not always.

blossom2 · 16/08/2004 21:45

jennisaurus, i don't know if this will help, but DH is diabetic and i saw him get very ill, very quickly before he was diagnosed. he has type I diabetes & injects 4 times a day.

before he was diagnosed, he was drinking buckets (literally) of water a day, very tired, sweaty, did go to the toilet a lot and lost loads of weight. i remember seeing his symptons for about 6 weeks before he got himself to a doctors and was hospitalised for 3 days. So i would recommend seeing a GP. i still remember how worrying it was to see DH in hospital with it.

sorry if i scared you.

Backworking · 17/08/2004 13:54

I don't know what all of your symptoms are (would need to take a proper case history) BUT diabetes is not the only condition that makes you want to wee all the time! It could be absolutely nothing. If you're also eating more but losing weight, it's possible that you have a simple hormone imbalance - either due to altered function of your thyroid or parathyroid glands. Or again, it could be absolutely nothing - more info required! Either way - if he/she thinks it appropriate, your GP can just do a blood test and find out what's going on. Try not to panic!

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