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My dad has stage 3 melanoma & is being treated with immunotherapy, yervoy. he now has excessive thirst with lots of urination. diabetes ?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Possibly: A simple urine analysis for glucose would show if the excessive urination was due to uncontrolled diabetes .

Dr Blinski agreed

Answered 11/3/2015

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