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I am a Big Water Container, Here’s Why
By pohheng | June 11, 2008
photo from allenp
Friends who know me long enough will know that i am a person who is always thristy and i can gulped down gallons of water and then go for frequent toilet breaks. One of my good brother Jonathan Poh actually gave me a nickname “Water Container” or “Shui Tong” in chinese.
I usually brushed it away as i was like that since secondary school. Little did i knew that this is actually a very early symptom of diabetes or in my case prediabetes or Impaired Glucose Tolerance. That’s why when i had more extreme or severe case of thirst and urination last year, i ignored it. (find out why you are always thirsty and urine frequently here). Luckily my annual health check done late last year were able to detect this problem.
If you also experience extreme thirst and frequent urination for no reason and also experience one of more of the symptoms listed, it is advisable for you to visit you doctor for a blood test - be it fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance test or HbA1c blood test
