what are some signs and symptoms of diabetes?
Oct 12, 2009 | Signs Symptoms of Diabetes
Many individuals discover they are diabetic only when they visit their family doctors for other ailments. It are these early warning signs of diabetes that many people attribute to other conditions.
1. Frequency of urination – This happens when blood sugar levels are raised, increasing the amount of blood flowing through the kidneys. Many people, as they get older, will experience increased urination problems. They write this condition off as growing older. When diabetes is the cause, it needs to be diagnosed. Left untreated, diabetes can lead to the kidneys failing and shutting down.
2. Extreme hunger – Because of the lack of insulin the body is not producing, the body receives signals it is hungry. This symptom is experienced when the body’s energy is deficient from not receiving enough insulin from the blood stream to the cells.
3. Unexplained, or sudden weight loss – When the body is not receiving enough cellular energy, the body begins to break down it’s own fat and muscle to replace the energy, the body is lacking.
4. Fatigue – Feeling tired and rundown is caused by the decreased energy levels.
5. Depression and irritability are no experienced as a result of the above symptom the body is going through because of the diabetes.
6. Extreme thirst is also triggered due to the diabetes depleting the body of energy.
7. Impaired vision can also be experienced as a symptom of diabetes when more blood volume leads to the eye’s lens swelling. When diabetes is left untreated, blindness can be experienced.
8. Loss of feeling or numbness, usually in the feet, legs, arms or hands areas of the body. Experiencing any of these symptoms in any of these areas can be a warning sign of diabetes.
If you are experiencing any of the beginning signs of diabetes, you should get tested. Testing for diabetes is also recommended for individuals that are over forty-five years of age and overweight. Diabetes and pre-diabetes testing is diagnosed by checking the blood glucose levels of a person’s blood.
These symptoms and others will progress in time and get more critical if the diabetes is present and goes undiagnosed and untreated. These beginning signs of diabetes should not be ignored. As this disease progresses, more complications will arise, putting your life in jeopardy.
This is not a disease that will go away by itself. Diabetes will only progress if not treated.
For more on diabetes treatment visit my free website
http://www.reddiabetes.com
October 12th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
signs you may have it –
peeing more than usual
really tired
feel dizzy or light headed (if your sugar is low)
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October 12th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Dizziness, excessive thirst, hunger, confusion, frequent urination, itchiness (commonly to top of feet), shakiness, disturbance in vision, headaches….
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October 12th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
unquenchable thirst, fatigue, unexplained weight loss, dry mouth, frequent urination
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October 12th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
- fatigue
- thirst
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October 12th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
blurred vision
thirst
fatigue
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October 12th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
unquenchable thirst
hunger
frequent urination
fatigue
weight loss
blurry vision
dry, itchy skin
frequent infections of bladder, urinary tract or skin
slow to heal infection
It would be rare for a person to have all of the symptoms.
A simple, inexpensive blood test will tell you one way or the other — if you wonder, don’t wait — it can be dangerous, but can be controlled with diet, exercise and sometimes pills or shots. Hope this helps.
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October 12th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Type 1 diabetes – Weight loss, being thirsty all the time, having to pee all of the time, fatigue, sores that won’t heal, sometimes blurred vision.
Type 2 diabetes – Being overweight. being thirsty all of the time, having to pee all of the time. prone to yeast infections. fatigue. sores that won’t heal.
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October 12th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Well, I personally dont have it, but my mom and grandma do, so I have lived with people who have it my whole life.
What happens when you have diabetes is that your pancreas doesn’t give off enough insulin to break down all the glucose (sugar) in your body. Therefore, the sugar stays in your body making your blood sugar levels unbalanced. The more sugar, the higher the sugar level. If this happens, most likely you can take pills to balance it out, or take insulin to help your pancreas work better. But sometimes, the medicine helps get rid of the sugar too fast, causing an extreme drop in your blood sugar. When that happens, you get very shaking and your vision blurrs and the possibility of blacking out occurs as well. To help raise it, you should eat or drink foods with a large amount of sugar. (i.e. candy, orange juice, cookies, etc.) My grandma has had drop to the 30s before, and usually if it goes that low, you are put into a coma. Fortunately, that didnt happen to her, she just passed out. It is supposed to stay between 80 and about 110ish.
This disease is very unpredictable, but the best way to keep track of your sugar is to test it several times a day. From when you wake up to before you eat every meal, even before you go to bed, go out, and after you eat. Diabetes slowly destroys your body because the high, unbalanced blood sugar levels throw off the balance of your body just like bases and acids throw off the pH levels in a pool.
There are some symptoms like for example, you may urinate a lot, your weight drops really fast, your fingers and legs tingle, you are tired, extremely thirsty and no matter how much and how many times you eat in a day, you are constantly hungry. If you experience any of these symptoms and you are unsure if you have diabetes, go to your doctor, explain what you have been experiencing, and they will give you a blood test and a urine test to check if you are positive for it.
That is about it, I hope it helped you out a little bit!!!! :]
And if you asked this because you are worried that you or someone else in your family has diabetes, I pray that no one has it!!! Peace out
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October 12th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I’d say the best way is to TEST. There might be symptoms that people tend to disregard or overlook out of sheer carelessness. Or the symptoms might be similar to some other health problem. And the symptoms differ from person to person!
I strongly suggest getting a checkup done if you have the slightest doubt. In fact you can get a free Diabetes Checkup kit at the link below:
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October 12th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Many individuals discover they are diabetic only when they visit their family doctors for other ailments. It are these early warning signs of diabetes that many people attribute to other conditions.
1. Frequency of urination – This happens when blood sugar levels are raised, increasing the amount of blood flowing through the kidneys. Many people, as they get older, will experience increased urination problems. They write this condition off as growing older. When diabetes is the cause, it needs to be diagnosed. Left untreated, diabetes can lead to the kidneys failing and shutting down.
2. Extreme hunger – Because of the lack of insulin the body is not producing, the body receives signals it is hungry. This symptom is experienced when the body’s energy is deficient from not receiving enough insulin from the blood stream to the cells.
3. Unexplained, or sudden weight loss – When the body is not receiving enough cellular energy, the body begins to break down it’s own fat and muscle to replace the energy, the body is lacking.
4. Fatigue – Feeling tired and rundown is caused by the decreased energy levels.
5. Depression and irritability are no experienced as a result of the above symptom the body is going through because of the diabetes.
6. Extreme thirst is also triggered due to the diabetes depleting the body of energy.
7. Impaired vision can also be experienced as a symptom of diabetes when more blood volume leads to the eye’s lens swelling. When diabetes is left untreated, blindness can be experienced.
8. Loss of feeling or numbness, usually in the feet, legs, arms or hands areas of the body. Experiencing any of these symptoms in any of these areas can be a warning sign of diabetes.
If you are experiencing any of the beginning signs of diabetes, you should get tested. Testing for diabetes is also recommended for individuals that are over forty-five years of age and overweight. Diabetes and pre-diabetes testing is diagnosed by checking the blood glucose levels of a person’s blood.
These symptoms and others will progress in time and get more critical if the diabetes is present and goes undiagnosed and untreated. These beginning signs of diabetes should not be ignored. As this disease progresses, more complications will arise, putting your life in jeopardy.
This is not a disease that will go away by itself. Diabetes will only progress if not treated.
For more on diabetes treatment visit my free website
http://www.reddiabetes.com
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October 12th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Some other signs can also include
Reoccurring yeast infection in females, itching penis in males
Boils
Leg cramps
Itching all over the body with no rash
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diabetic 15 years
October 12th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Tired all the time. Check your blood sugar, it takes a minute.
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October 12th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Main symptoms are THREE
1. POLYDIPSIA: increased thirst
2. POLYURIA : incresaed urination
3. POLYPHAGIA : increased apetite
but there is significant weight loss despite good apetite, this is the finding physician becomes alert and search for the diabetes
apart from these
Fatigue
Night cramps
Poor healing of wounds
and loss of libido
are among other features
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clinical experience