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Is this a symptom of Diabetes?

Let me get things straight first. Well, my father, is a diabetic, while my mother, is not. My father's mother, is a diabetic, as well, while my father's father, isn't. So far, I haven't seen/ observed any of the common symptoms, but, when I blow my nose onto hankies, and place it somewhere, the next time I check it, it's covered with ANTS, or at least, has ants feeding on it. My urine doesn't have ants with them, though.
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If you have family members that are diabetic and they have a glucose monitor check your sugar 2 hours after you eat and see if it's high. If it's not, you're not diabetic.
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Hi, not so sure if that's one of the symptom of diabetes.  If you are concern about it, you could get a test done to see if you are diabetic/prediabetic/healthy.  The test is a two hour glucose tolerance test.  you have to fast for 8 or 12 hours, they test your fasting glucose, then they give a sugary drink.  2 hours after, they test your blood sugar again.  if your blood sugar is >11.1 mmol/L then you are will consider diabetes, if >8mmol/L then you will be consider prediabetic-mean that you are borderline diabetic but can reverse back to normal if you improve your eating habits and exercise.  hope this helps!
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