I do. And everyone else should, too. And while you’re at it, put in a plug for the symptoms of stroke, too, Pegasus90. Nice job. And nice question.
And by the way, check out the AHA.org website for the symptoms of heart attack and stroke and how to prevent them!!
okay so i have heard a the symptoms for diabetes are blurred vision, hunger, urination, thirst, being tired all the time…
okay well i am like always hungry and thirsty, after each class in school(40 mins) i am REALLY thirsty….and i am hungry most of the time(im not overweight) like 1/2 hour to 45 mins after i eat, im already getting hungry….im tired A LOT too….but i suddenly get bursts of energy, but then i get tired again….so idk. Diabetes really doesnt run in my fam, but my dads 1/2 brothers (uncle…well 1/2 uncle) has it…thats all i know of, please tell me what i should do
or is this just a normal thing…
well i have type 1 diabetes those sound like most of the symptoms. first, now i know this sounds weird, but smell your breath. if it smells.. kinda fruity, then that’s usually bad, assuming u didnt have something that made your breath smell that way. fruity breath is a symptom for something called diabetic ketoacidosis and well… thats bad. but even so i agree u should at least check your blood sugar.
I’m 23 and as a child I grew up on soda pop, little debies, cool-ade, and sugar puffs. I literally never drank anything other than soda and chocolate mild when I was at school. when I was about 15 I finally stopped the madness and started a healthy diet but now if I’ve been working out hard or just haven’t eaten in a while I get really drained, weak, and light headed if I don’t eat something with sugar in it like an apple. Is this normal, shouldn’t my body be able to create its own sugar or whatever it needs? Is this an early sign of diabetes or normal?
thegoobm… !
No this is not a sign of diabetes
Some diabetes symptoms include:
Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Extreme hunger
Unusual weight loss
Increased fatigue
Irritability
Blurry vision
If you have one or more of these diabetes symptoms, see your doctor right away.
and visit
http://www.reddiabetes.com
Is this natural?
Should I be worried about diabetes at all? I know that those two symptoms are symptoms of diabetes as well. I am 20 years old, and I exercise at least twice a week (6 foot tall, 166lbs, was 145 before I started working out to gain mass).
I know that diabetes affects people of older age and heavier mass, but I just want to rule it out so I’m not so damn paranoid about it anymore lol..
Other info: sometimes in the morning I wake up and it is difficult to breathe and my heart is pounding. Sometimes the blurred vision is not so bad (like I can read what I’m typing right now with no problem but it is not as clear as it used to be when I used to drink coffee). Sometimes it gets so bad I just give up studying (which sucks cus I have a midterm in one week).
Also, I smoke marijuana about once a day, could that contribute to the blurred vision? I thought not since I smoked every single day in the last summer and I was fine.. this was amidst weight training every other day and no caffeine consumption… another note is that I used to take mass-gaining supplements (filled with maltodextrin a complex carb) heavily during my mass-gaining phase last summer.. could that have caught up with me today and is causing pre-diabetic symptoms?
ANY help or suggestions/comments/stories/experiences/etc is appreciated since I just cannot shake this feeling off of me.. and I am naturally stressed/anxious so it would be very nice to rule out any serious problems (such as pre-diabetes)
THANKS!!
-J
PS: to all those about to reply solely to discourage my weed habits, please do not and just save both of us the time. I’ve done my research on the subject and am quite content with my usage of the herb. If said usage is causing/exacerbating my symptoms, then please englighten me =)
You are also describing chronic high blood pressure (except the constipation) and are in danger of stroking out or having an aneurism as well.
Go to the American Diabetes Association website. It has all the latest information, reports, advice, and links to help you understand the disease. My dad has diabetes and this site has helped to better understand what’s happening to him; it also has recipes to help with diets.
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
It is possible that these could be signs and symptoms of diabetes. However, these are very broad signs and symptoms that could mean a number of many other medical conditions. For example, UTI, pregnancy, kidney stones. The list goes on and on. You should make an appointment with your doctor and discuss all of your symptoms.
A doctor can help u not we
Diagnosis and treatment
Many people are unaware that they have diabetes. In the late 20th century, for example, it was estimated that more than 5 million of the 15.7 million American cases were undiagnosed. The disease is usually discovered when there are typical symptoms and a clearly high blood sugar level, as defined by a daytime level greater than 200 milligrams perdecilitre or a fasting level greater than 140 milligrams per decilitre. Occasionally a moredetailed oral glucose tolerance test is required for accurate diagnosis.
Before the isolation of insulin in the 1920s, most patients diedwithin a short time after onset. Untreated diabetes leads to ketoacidosis, the accumulation of ketones (products of fat breakdown) and acid in the blood. Continued buildup of the toxic products of disordered carbohydrate and fat metabolism result in nausea and vomiting, and eventually thepatient goes into a diabetic coma.
Treatment aimed at controlling diabetes is highly successful. All patients are put on restrictive diets designed to help them reach and maintain normal body weight and to limit their intake of sugars and fats. Frequently they are encouraged to exercise regularly, which enhances the movement of glucose into muscle cells and blunts the rise in blood glucose that follows carbohydrate ingestion. Diabetics who are unable to produce insulin in their bodies receive regular injections of the hormone, often customized according to their individual and variable requirements. In addition to conventional beef-pork insulin—which is the pancreatic extract of pigs and cattle—human insulin, based on recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technology, became available for use in the 1980s.
Research into other areas of insulin delivery include pancreas transplantation and implantable mechanical insulin infusion systems. Medications in the form of oral hypoglycemic (blood-sugar-lowering) agents are also available.
The objective of all forms of treatment of diabetes is to keep the level of blood sugar within normal limits and thus reduce the complications, primarily cardiovascular, that account for most diabetes-related deaths. Other serious complications include a condition known as diabetic retinopathy (retinal changes that can lead to blindness), kidney disease, and frequent infection.
symptoms:
Insulin is a hormone secreted by beta cells, which are located within clusters of cells in the pancreas called the islets of Langerhans. Insulin’s role in thebody is to trigger cells to take up the carbohydrate glucose sothat the cells can use this energy-yielding sugar. Persons with diabetes are impaired in the ability to metabolize glucose, and as a result the levels of glucose in the blood increase (a condition called hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar). As glucose accumulates in the blood, excess levels of this sugar are excreted in the urine. Because of greater amounts of glucose in the urine, more water is excreted with it, causing an increase in urinary volume and frequency of urination as well as thirst. (The name diabetes mellitus refers to these symptoms: diabetes, from the Greek diabainein, meaning “to pass through,” describes the copious urination, and mellitus, from the Latin meaning “sweetened with honey,” refers to sugar in the urine.) Other symptoms of diabetes include itching, hunger, weight loss, and weakness.
plus if i eat regular takeouts, am i increasing my risk of getting diabetes?
Eating greasy foods does not cause diabetes. You cannot give yourself diabetes by eating too much sugar or eating junk foods. These foods are not good for you because they are empty calories and will cause weight gain and increase your cholesterol.
Symptoms of diabetes include thirst, frequent urination with frothy, fruity smelling urine, blurry vision, fatigue, sometimes weight loss. You may have bouts of low blood sugar, where you feel ravenously hungry.
If you suspect diabetes, have a fasting blood test done. The sooner you get on medication, the better. You will also feel better and have more energy with your sugars under control.
I know all the symptoms for diabetes, I get tired all the time, I get plenty of rest everyday. Now my question is I eat a lot, I am 115 lbs and don’t seem to gain weight, it’s been like this since my freshman year in high school. I get up every day between 12am-3am to get something to drink because I’m thirsty then drink a lot of fluids at work. I know the symptoms for diabetes is blurred vision (which I have and I wear glasses, plus have astigmatism), extreme thirst, frequent urination (I don’t usually go throughout the day, I just usually hold it–i know that’s not good), I don’t exercise–haven’t since my freshman year in high school (for gym) since I have most of these symptoms and don’t exercise could I be at risk? Also could me eating so much and not gaining weight be a symptom for diabetes?
I wouldn’t worry too much – although it’s worth having a doctor check these things out.
If you can hold urine all day, you don’t fit the "frequent urination" requirement. If you can’t help but go every two hours, 24/7, that is the usual symptom. You other questions reference being a single(?) mother, so you are under a great deal of stress, which could easily explain the tiredness.
Do you have blurred vision with your glasses on? With diabetes, eye trouble isn’t affected with glasses.
As far as not gaining weight, you may not really be aware of how much or how little you eat (it’s common – it’s just something people often aren’t really aware of) or you may simply have a good metabolism, or are naturally active. And, especially if you are under 30, all that can change, and suddenly you gain weight with the same amount of eating.
But you should visit a doctor, and have a urine test and a fasting blood test to check for diabetes and other such things – just to be on the safe side.
