People of any age can get it. Type II diabetes was formerly called adult onset diabetes. Again, age is not a requisite, even though this condition is far more common in adults. Sometimes the disease is progressive, sometimes it is not. This certainly adds to the statement Lewis makes that diabetes symptoms may develop in several ways.
Alcoholics often have severe cravings for alcohol while in the middle of a hypoglycemic attack.
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