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| Symptoms OF Diabetes |
Diabetes,is
comes with high blood sugar levels over a prolonged
period.Symptoms of high blood sugar include frequent
urination,increased thirs and increased hunger. If left
untreated, diabetes can cause many complications.Acute complications
include diabetic ketoacidosis and nonketotic hyperosmolar
coma.Serious long-term complications includecardiovascular
disease, stroke, chronic kidney failure, foot ulcers,
and damage to the eyes.Diabetes is due to either
the pancreas not producing enough insulin or
thecells of the body not responding properly to the insulin
produced.Medsol
Diabetes
department has all the facilities to take care of patients with
Diabetes,its complications including Diabetic foot care.
Frequent
Urination
When
there is excess glucose present in the blood, as with type 2
diabetes, the kidneys react by flushing it out of the blood and into
the urine. This results in more urine production and the need to
urinate more frequently. If you notice you have to go to the bathroom
more often than you used to — including perhaps needing to get up
every couple of hours during the night to urinate and you seem to
be producing more urine when you do go, talk to your doctor about
whether you could have type 2 diabetes.
Overly
high blood sugar levels can also cause rapid weight loss, say 10 to
20 pounds over two or three months,but this is not a healthy weight
loss.Because
the insulin hormone isn't getting glucose into the cells, where it
can be used as energy, the body thinks it's starving and starts
breaking down protein from the muscles as an alternate source of
fuel.
Urinating
a lot will also make you feel parched. A common symptom Dobbins sees
with patients is that they use drinks like juices, soda, or chocolate
milk to quench their thirst. These sugary beverages then pack the
bloodstream with excess sugar, which can lead to the problem all over
again.
Increased
Hunger
People
with type 2 diabetes have insulin resistance, which means the body
cannot use insulin properly to help the glucose get into the cells.
In people with type 2 diabetes, insulin doesn’t work well in
muscle, fat, and other tissues, so your pancreas [the organ that
makes insulin] starts to put out a lot more of it to try and
compensate. That insulin level sends signals to the brain that your
body is hungry.
Skin
problems
Itchy
skin, perhaps the result of dry skin or poor circulation, can often
be a warning sign of diabetes, as are other skin conditions, such as
acanthosis nigricans.
Of
course you're exhausted every now and then. But ongoing fatigue is an
important symptom to pay attention to; it might mean the food you're
eating for energy isn't being broken down and used by cells as it's
supposed to. "You're not getting the fuel your body needs.
"You're going to be tired and feel sluggish." But in many
cases of type 2 diabetes, your sugar levels can be elevated for
awhile, so these symptoms could come on slowly.
Over
time, a prolonged exposure to high blood sugar can damage the nerves
throughout the body — a condition called diabetic neuropathy. Some
people may not have any symptoms of the damage, while others may
notice numbness, tingling, or pain in the extremities.
Having
distorted vision and seeing floaters or occasional flashes of light
are a direct result of high blood sugar levels."Blurry vision is
a refraction problem. When the glucose in the blood is high, it
changes the shape of the lens and the eye”
Higher
levels of sugar in urine and the vagina can become a breeding ground
for the bacteria and yeast that cause these infections. Recurrent
infections are particularly worrisome. "Usually when you keep
getting infections, doctors will check for diabetes if you don't
already have it. "Even women who go to the emergency room for
urinary tract infections are often checked."
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