Man receives text to say he might have been misdiagnosed with diabetes

HE NOW HAS TO WAIT BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR MONTHS TO SEE IF HE DOES HAVE THE CONDITION

- By DEBORAH HALL

A HULL man who was showing possible symptoms of diabetes and whose blood tests confirmed the diagnosis has now discovered he may have been on prescribed medication for it for six months - for no reason.

The man, 35, who asked not to be named, got in touch with Hull Live after reading a story about Diabetes Awareness Week and an appeal for people with the condition to attend their checkups. He said: "I got diagnosed last year, only to receive a text from my GP that I've been wrongly diagnosed due to a machine failure at Hull Royal pathology.

"Now, I've got to stop taking the meds I was put on, for three to four months, to be retested." The man said he had been "constantly back and forth to the toilet" and had an unquenchable thirst when he went to the doctor's in 2024.