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What has diabetes got to do with osmosis?

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poppyj | 15:34 Wed 02nd Oct 2002 | How it Works
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Why do diabetics urinate oftena nd are often thirsty and what does it have to do with osmosis? thanks x
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Untreated diabetics have high sugar levels in their blood.Their kidneys make urine out of the blood and it hence has abnormally high levels of sugar in it. To balance this sugar the kidneys draw extra water from the body to add to the urine. This in effect means that they produce more urine. Diabetics get thirsty because they're losing extra water in the urine. Osmosis is the process where fluids pass through a permiable membrane to try to achive equalibrium. However I'm not a doctor, if this is a genuine concern and not an idle wonder then check with your GP.
20:37 Wed 02nd Oct 2002
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could be a semi-permeable membrane aswell david?
07:42 Thu 03rd Oct 2002
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Yes it certainly could be semi-permeable.
19:52 Thu 03rd Oct 2002
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always from a high water concentration to a low water concentration and vice versa. nice answer to the question by the way.
09:56 Fri 04th Oct 2002

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