Question

When a physician tells a patient that she has diabetes, the patient's mother tells you that she

is confused because her daughter doesn't look sick. How would you explain this?

Answer 1

You can try to explain that diabetes doesn’t effect your appearance. So people have other side effects for example diabetes effect the blood vessel.

Answer 2

A child can still be ill even if they don’t look ill
Diabetes does not mess with a someone’s physical appearance but their blood sugar