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family history, brothers and sisters sometimes suffer from it; sometimes an
uncle or aunt; but rarely the father or mother. Injuries may set up
temporary sugar in the urine, which is sometimes followed by permanent
disease. Fright, passion, mental disturbances, anxiety and worry, figure as factors.
It is also sometimes associated with gout, obesity, and alcoholism ; also influenza,
pneumonia, bronchitis, pleurisy, acute febrile affections, exposure to inclement
weather conditions; and occasionally it follows upon pregnancy. The disease
sometimes is followed by defective vision, chiefly soft cataract. Severe forms
of diabetes always terminate fatally and in from three to five years, although
occasionally in less time. In mild cases life may be much prolonged ; indeed,
ten to twenty years are not unusual and even much longer. In these cases if
the patient is careful in his diet, which should be most restricted and most
carefully selected, the symptoms may disappear, but they are certain to return
if he resumes his ordinary diet.