Diabetes?

[Brummie1]

I am now 6 months into repeated symptoms. First one is sore penis and red glands - dr thinks it is balanitis. Kept mostly under control with Daktacort cream. Second symptom is 5 occasions of dark pee when dehydrated (all have happened after hot day, playing golf etc). I need to drink 2/3 litres of water to avoid it. On two occasions I think I have had blood in my pee, but all the tests (around 5) show no blood. One test showed an infection, the others not. I have had ultrasound to check for tumour or kidney stone - that was all clear. PSA level is very low 0.35. Seeing Dr on Tuesday as, if it is Ballanitis, that is persistent. Also wonder if I may be borderline diabetic and will ask for blood test for liver function too. Any thoughts welcome!

I am on warfarin, statins, allopurinol and omeprazole and have had 5 courses of antibiotics over the last 6 months as Dr originally thought it might be UTI then they thought possibly urethritis.

[Brummie1]

Thank you for your reply - very helpful. As far as water drinking is concerned, it doesn't feel like I am not drinking enough when I get episodes of dehydration. In order to avoid it I have to drink at least 2.5 litres of water during a 4.5 hour round of golf. Trouble is that the more I drink, the more I pee. The last time I was dehydrated after golf I still had a over a litre of water during the round, and it wasn't a hot day either - but that was still not enough

[Hidden in reply to Brummie1]

An HbA1c test will look at your glucose control. Urine tests should have picked up excess glucose being excreted by the kidneys. You might need to have a u & e blood test to look at your kidney function.