"What worries the health professionals is that type 2 diabetes, which is
the
variety that is spreading so fast, is on a seemingly unstoppable rise in
villages and rural areas."
"Nagabushan noticed that his eyesight was weakening, and he started
experiencing a loss of sensation in his feet - both classic symptoms of
diabetes, but he put these down to advancing years. He had never heard of
diabetes."
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