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Can you get diabetes even if you are healthy?
Can you get diabetes even if you are healthy?
Can you get diabetes even if you are healthy?
Diabetes is condition for which exact cause is unknown. Although being unhealthy interms of obesity and other comorbid conditions increase the risk of developing diabetes, there are other causes such as family history/ presence of autoantibodies/ polycystic ovarian syndrome etc which increase the risk.
Last updated on 10 May 2022
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