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    Hair loss - type 2

    Hi all - was diagnosed with type 2 in January and have now mostly made peace with my situation. However, one thing I’ve recently started to notice and fixate on is hair loss. I’m losing strands and strands each day, and I can feel that I’ve so much less hair than I used to have. As a 31 year old...
  2. L

    Hair loss, short-sight - myopia - and furry tongue, as diabetes indicators, or as diabetes symptoms

    Before my Type 1 diagnosis and treatment ... - hair loss affected underarms, toes, forearms and head-hair - not eyebrows. Head hair is still disappearing in brushfuls, 9 years after diagnosis. - my tongue was always furry in the morning, and needed scrubbing - and I had bad halitosis - not...
  3. S

    Losing hair and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes

    Hi everyone, this is my first post on here. I’m just shy of 27 and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a year and a half ago. I attended the DESMOND programme a year ago and since then have taken Metformin since the spring of 2019 and then slow release later on in the year. I’ve been prescribed...
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    • digestive side effects hair loss metformin mobility newly diagnosed type 2 poor diet side effects stress type 2 diabetes uncontrolled
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