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What Causes Ants To Gather Around Urine?
hi. i noticed that ants gather around my urine, i was a bit alarmed so i had routine urinalysis, results were normal, there's no glucose in my urine. i also had Random blood sugar and Fasting blood sugar tests, results were normal as well. are there any other reasons why this happens? i mean why ants gather around my urine? thank you.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
It is possible that you had a sugar-rich diet on that particular day and hence renal threshold must have been crossed resulting in sugar in urine. Hence, ants attracted to it on that day even if you are not diabetic.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Dr. Sumit Kumar
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
It is possible that you had a sugar-rich diet on that particular day and hence renal threshold must have been crossed resulting in sugar in urine. Hence, ants attracted to it on that day even if you are not diabetic.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumit Kumar
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