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A difficult diabetes diagnosis

A patient responds poorly to treatment for type 2 diabetes, prompting further investigation

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Tang is a 51-year-old male who presents to his local hospital with a dry mouth, excessive thirst and foamy urine.

This is on a background of a year of unintentional weight loss of 10kg. Tang denies any pain, dizziness, headache, chest tightness or shortness of breath.

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