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How can diabetes cause neuropathy and extreme thirst?
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High glucose: The high blood glucose directly damages nerves, bit by bit, over time, causing the neuropathy. The high blood sugar also causes you to urinate a lot because glucose gets dumped into the urine. This will dehydrate you and cause a lot of thirst.
Answered 4/5/2013
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