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Louise Taylor was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes ? but only after a delay which put her life at risk, writes Stoyan Dimitrov.
A delayed diagnosis nearly led to a young woman lapsing into a diabetic coma.
Louise Taylor was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes ? but only after a delay which put her life at risk, writes Stoyan Dimitrov.
The 22-year-old from Netherton first realised something was wrong with her health and went to her GP about a year ago.
She said: ?I experienced tiredness, sickness and dizziness, and felt as though I was going to pass out.
?I had headaches and needed to urinate frequently, especially at night.?
The GP put her symptoms down to anxiety and did not carry out a blood test.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/late-diabetes-diagnosis-put-netherton-6672539
Bad news that a doctor cannot recognise the symptoms of diabetes and do a simple blood test
A delayed diagnosis nearly led to a young woman lapsing into a diabetic coma.
Louise Taylor was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes ? but only after a delay which put her life at risk, writes Stoyan Dimitrov.
The 22-year-old from Netherton first realised something was wrong with her health and went to her GP about a year ago.
She said: ?I experienced tiredness, sickness and dizziness, and felt as though I was going to pass out.
?I had headaches and needed to urinate frequently, especially at night.?
The GP put her symptoms down to anxiety and did not carry out a blood test.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/late-diabetes-diagnosis-put-netherton-6672539
Bad news that a doctor cannot recognise the symptoms of diabetes and do a simple blood test