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Can high blood sugar cause diabetes?
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Diabetes: Diabetes causes high blood sugar.Having a high blood sugar is diagnostic, in general, for diabetes.
Answered 10/15/2013
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Diabetes: High blood sugar is the result ; not cause of diabetes. The cause of diabetes is Insulin whether absent in type1; deficient or resistance in type2 or gestational. Some risk factors like sugary drinks, obesity, age, stress, infection or dawn phenomenon predispose a person to diabetes. Hope it helps. Thanks.
Answered 4/7/2020
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