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Waking Up Wet Frequently, Overweight. Family History Of Renal Failure. Due To Diabetes?
Hi, my husband is a 30 year old male that weighs close to 300 pounds he is some what active by no means does he exercise on a daily bases exept for working. but not all the time but every once in a while he wakes up wet, it is getting more friquent and he is really emabarresed,I told him that he needs a full physcal for diabets both his parents had it they both passed away at the age of 49. and his dad had reneal failure. could dieabets cause this?
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013
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PLEASE GET HIS BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED .HE COULD BE HAVING METABOLIC SYNDROME .SINCE HIS PARENTS HAD DIABETES ,HE SHOULD BE SCREENED FOR IT.GET HIS SERUM CHOLESTEROL CHECKED .HE SHOULD UNDERGO A SUPERVISED WT LOSS PROGRAM
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