SUGAR IN URINE

Sugar in the urine, or glycosuria

Sugar when present in the urine requires further study in order to determine its significance.
sugar in the urine maybe be a temporry condition, due to eating large quantities of sweet, or to temporary emotional exitement, business worries, etc. it may be a chronic condition, due to derangement of disease of certain organs; this constitutes diabetes mellitus.

A temporary glycosuria is not of any importance exept that it may show a tendency toward the development of diabetes mellitus. Therefore, the sugar in your urine may depend upon your diet, and may bepresent only on certain days and not on others.

The amount of sugar in the urine usually indicates the severity of the condition. a mild diabetes is very amenable to treatment without much discomfort to the patients. It cannot always be entirely cured but it can be arrested or ameliorated.

The new remedy, insulin, is unquestionably of great value, especially in controling the advanced or complicated cases. It furnishes the body with a substance that helps utilize its sugar. It can, therefore, be used over a long period of time but its use must be under the supervision of a competent physician.