It's easy to see why the topic of peeing a lot (or little) might stoke anxiety. Most people know that peeing a lot (accompanied by excess thirst) is one of the early hallmarks of diabetes. To put it simply, there's always glucose in your blood, and when this is filtered through your kidneys it's reabsorbed into the bloodstream. But when there's too much sugar in your blood, your kidneys struggle to keep up and end up flushing out the excess in your urine. This sugar draws water with it, making you pee a lot (and feel thirsty).
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