How do you know if you have type 1 diabetes?
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Dr Partha Kar
The symptoms tend to develop quite quickly, over a few days or weeks. After treatment is started, the symptoms soon settle and go. However, without treatment, the blood sugar (glucose) level becomes very high and acids form in the bloodstream (ketoacidosis).
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