Diabetes can be a very deceptive disease. It can be present
with almost no warning signs. How ever there are a few
symptoms that may indicate that it is present. Because of its
tendency to operate in silence, its damage is being performed
and you never even know it is there.
There are tests available, which can easily tell if diabetes is
present, or if you are in what is called a pre-diabetes stage.
These are rather simple blood tests that are the same for
either stage. Once you become aware that you have certain
symptoms that indicate that you may have it, it is time to go
see your doctor right away.
Before we go any further please take into consideration that
some people who have diabetes never show any signs of these
symptoms, so looking for them may not be the only reason to
suspect you might have it. These are just some basic symptoms
that may occur:
– Need to urinate frequently
– Frequent hunger or thirst
– Blurred vision
– Tired feeling
– Dry skin
– Sores that heal slowly
– Possible rapid weight loss.
Let’s take a minute and go over each of these symptoms
with a little more detail.
The first symptom, having the need to urinate frequently,
may be one of the first indications that your blood sugar
levels are too high. This happens because your body is
pulling liquids out of various places to cause you to urinate
the excess sugars out of your system. You will probably
notice that you need to urinate more frequently when you
eat foods with high sugar levels, such as soda and deserts.
If you are thirstier than usual then it is because you are losing
fluids faster, you become thirstier than normal with diabetes.
This is because the liquid you are losing through urination needs
to be replaced.
You may also be hungry frequently if there is a need for
sugar and energy. Since the body may not be getting the
energy it needs, it makes you hungry so that it can get more.
If you are feeling more tired than usual. Feeling tired is the
result of energy from the sugar not being transferred
successfully to where it is needed. Your body needs the
energy from sugar to perform all its operations and muscle
movements. Diabetes, or even prediabetes, can cause you
to become drained of energy and tiredness settles in.
If you experience rapid weight loss. – Weight loss may occur
rather rapidly if you have Type I diabetes. This form of diabetes
can go after energy that is stored in your muscles and other
body tissues. This can cause a rather rapid loss of weight
without even trying.
If you heal slowly. – When you have sores that do not heal as fast
as they normally do, this could be evidence of diabetes. You
may also have a tingling or numbness in your hands, which
could be the result of having too much sugar in the blood for
a long time. Neuropathy, or damage to the nerves in your
extremities is often a result.
Other symptoms may or may not be present. Each one of
them, however, may be possible evidence that diabetes, or
prediabetes, may be present. If you see these symptoms, be
sure to consult a doctor soon to give you tips on what to do,
or medications if it is needed.
Because there is the possibility that being overweight and
diabetes go together, if you see any of these symptoms
and are overweight, then you should see a doctor quickly.
It may not even be a bad idea if you aren’t overweight. Let
the doctor give you a blood test just to be sure. You really
don’t want to take any chances of having diabetes and
not knowing it.