Which best explains why a person who has uncontrolled diabetes mellitus voids a large amount of urine

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Adrian Monk asked Aug 3, 2023

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Which best explains why a person who has uncontrolled diabetes mellitus voids a large amount of urine

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Excess glucose "spills over" into urine, thereby increasing the solute concentration of urine (and decreasing the solute concentration of plasma), which in turn leads to diuresis

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