Warning Signs Diabetes
Warning signs Diabetes show up in more than Fifteen million men and women, in North America alone. Diabetes warning signs show that you have a health condition in which your body can't produce enough insulin or it's unable to use what it produces usefully.
Warning signs Diabetes often go undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless. Sometimes the symptoms are very obvious, and sometimes they are not. Diabetes can cause serious complications.
Actually there are three type of diabetes:
- 1 Type 1 diabetes
- 2. Type 2 diabetes
- 3. Gestational Diabetes (during pregnancy)
Many of warning signs of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are similar. In both, there is too much glucose in the blood and not enough in the cells of your body. High glucose levels in Type 1 are due to a lack of insulin because the insulin producing cells have been destroyed. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body's cells become resistant to insulin that is being produced. Either way, your cells aren’t getting the glucose that they need, or your body lets you know by giving you these signs and symptoms. For Gestational diabetes generally has few symptoms and it is most commonly diagnosed by screening during pregnancy especially during third trimester of pregnancy.
So get yourself familiar with the warning sign of diabetes, here they are:
Warning sign of
TYPE I DIABETES MELLITUS
- Excessive thirst / dehydration - That's because excess glucose circulating in your body draws water from your tissues, making you feel dehydrated.
- Frequent urination - To quench your thirst, you drink a lot of water and other beverages, and that leads to more frequent urination.
- Extreme hunger - Rapid changes in blood sugar can stimulate appetite. Even though you are eating, you still feel hungry.
- Rapid weight loss - Due to the insulin necessary to prompt appropriate cellular metabolism and muscle growth is missing.
- Blurred vision - Changes in vision can strike, for instance, as high blood sugar levels affect water in the eye, actually reshaping the lens
- Bad breath - Result of cellular sugar uptake failure.
- Nausea and vomiting
- Irritability and mood changes
- Lethargy
Warning sign of
TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS
Type 2 diabetes is usually not diagnosed until complications have occurred. Most often, there are no symptoms or a very gradual development of the above symptoms.
- Blurred vision
- Recurring skin, gum or urinary tract infections
- Rapid weight loss
- Blackened skin around the eyes and knuckle
- Dry mouth, gum disease and bad breath
- Lethargy
- Excessive thirst / dehydration
- Tingling or numbness in the legs, feet or fingers
- Frequent infections of the skin
- Itching of skin (usually around the vaginal or groin area)
- Slow-healing sores or cuts
- Impotency
- Irritability and mood changes
Warning sign of
GESTATIONAL DIABETES
Gestational diabetes is found in 3 to 6 percent of pregnant women, usually beginning in the second trimester. Common diabetes warning signs mimic many symptoms associated with pregnancy, so they can be hard to detect.
- Urination, while pregnant women generally experience an increase in urination
- Thirst, Thirst is also a key sign of diabetes, and can be a result of excessive urination
- Weight, The average pregnant woman gains 1 lb. per week in the second trimester
- Fatigue, when your blood sugar fluctuates excessively, it can result in fatigue
- Infections, Diabetes can stimulate an overgrowth of the Candida albicans fungus resulting in frequent yeast infections
If you have any of these warning signs, contact your health care provider right away. A simple blood test (often done in conjunction with a cholesterol test) will give your doctor a clue about whether you have anything to worry about. Timely recognition of diabetes warning signs and diagnosis is critical.
