• Increased frequency of passing the urine, including at night • Excessive thirst • Excessive hunger • Feeling tired and weak most of the time • Loss of weight • Slow healing of cuts and wounds • Numbness or tingling in the feet • Skin infections • Blurred vision • Dry or itchy skin Box on page no. 20 Types of diabetes • Insulin dependent diabetes • Non-Insulin diabetes • Malnutrition related diabetes • Due to diseases of the pancreas • Due to protein deficiency • Diabetes associated with other conditions • Cancer of the pancreas • Abnormalities of other hormones • Due to medicines such as steroids • Abnormalities of insulin or its receptors Some hereditary conditions of diabetes