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A 21-year-old female asked:

Can you diabetes without excessive thirst. i've been having frequent urination but i'm not thirsty all the time?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal
Internal Medicine 57 years experience
Probably not: You have frequent urination but no large volume because you cannot create water. So if you don't drink it, it is not there.
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Dr. Stanley Schwartz
Endocrinology 54 years experience
Yes!!: Early, 'mild' diabetes have no symtoms at all, but damage tissues.
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