Signs And Symptoms Of Diabetes
How dangerous diabetes is, can be gauged from the fact that due to this one disease, the patient will face::
- Heart attack,
- Blindness,
- Stroke,
- Or can be till kidney failure.
But despite these dangers, there is very little awareness about this disease in India. Millions of people are diagnosed with diabetes when it has caused a lot of damage to them.
Diabetes, what precisely is it?
Diabetes is a chronic disease in which the blood glucose level exceeds the normal range. This might occur for one of two causes.
Your body is generating insufficient insulin. Or your cells aren't responding to the insulin that's being generated.
Two major types of diabetes:
Type 1 diabetes: The body stops producing insulin in this case, and the patient must be administered insulin via injection.
Type 2 diabetes: In this case, the body produces insulin, but our cells do not respond to it. Most people only have type 2 diabetes.
1. Hunger and Fatigue:
Your body converts the food you eat into glucose, which your cells require for energy. Your cells, on the other hand, require insulin to absorb glucose.
If your body doesn't make enough insulin, or even if it does, your cells resist it, then glucose can't enter the cells and you don't have energy. As a result, you are more hungry and fatigued than regular individuals.
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2. Excessive urination and thirst:
A person urinates 6-7 times per day on average, but if you need to pee more frequently than this, you may have diabetes.
Diabetes causes the level of sugar in the blood to rise significantly above normal. When this occurs, the body attempts to eliminate the extra sugar via urine.
Because the blood sugar level does not fall even after peeing once, the body uses the kidneys to eliminate the excess sugar. After filtering the blood, the kidney produces urine regularly, and the sick individual must pee frequently.
Why do you feel thirsty?
To eliminate excess sugar from the body via urine, our body first dilutes the blood, which it does by using bodily fluids. Due to this the body becomes dehydrated and feels thirsty again and again. As a result, the body frequently becomes dehydrated and thirsty.
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3. Dry and itchy mouth:
Since a diabetic person has frequent urination and this urine is formed from the fluids present in the body, there is a lack of moisture for other things. You may feel dehydrated when this happens. The mouth becomes too dry as a result of a lack of water in the body, and a loss of moisture in the skin can cause itching.
4. Blurred Vision:
As we all know, in order to eliminate extra sugar from the body, our body dilutes the blood, which it does by utilizing the body's fluids. Sometimes due to the movement of fluids, some fluid goes into the lenses of the eyes, due to which the lenses become swell. The shape of the lens changes as a result of swelling, and it is no longer able to focus correctly. That's why everything appears hazy.
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Sometimes the opposite occurs, in which the fluids contained in the lenses are pushed, causing the shape of the lens to degrade and things to look fuzzy.
5. Sudden Weight Loss:
If you are losing weight inadvertently, this might be a sign of diabetes. This mostly happens in Type 1 diabetes, but sometimes this symptom is also seen in Type 2.
Actually, due to a lack of insulin, glucose in the blood does not reach the body's cells, and the cells are unable to utilize glucose as energy. However, the body requires energy, therefore body fat is used to get energy. And the muscles start to burn. Obviously, when this happens, the body weight starts decreasing rapidly.
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6. Nausea and Vomiting:
When the body burns fat for energy, it also creates "ketones." Ketones can accumulate in your blood to hazardous amounts, causing stomach discomfort, nausea, and vomiting.
7. Yeast or fungal infections:
Glucose is high in a diabetic person and yeast needs glucose to thrive.
As a result, if you have repeated yeast infections, this might be a sign of diabetes. This infection often arises in the following locations:
Between the fingers
Under the breast
Sex organs and around the thighs
8. Delayed Wound Healing:
Diabetes may be the cause of a wound that is taking longer than usual to heal. Actually, diabetes causes a rise in the quantity of glucose in the blood, which progressively damages your neurons and impairs blood circulation in the body. In such a case, even the appropriate amount of blood does not reach the wounded area, and the delivery of oxygen and nutrients is also disturbed. As a result, wounds heal more slowly than necessary.
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9. Tingling in hands/feet
Diabetes symptoms in its early stages If you have diabetes and do not regulate it for an extended period of time, it can cause nerve damage known as diabetic neuropathy. Only these nerves allow the hands and feet to convey messages. However, because of nerve injury, the impulses are not adequately sent, and you experience tingling in your hands and feet.
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10. Gum sores and swelling
Diabetes can impair your immune system, increasing the likelihood of infection in your gums and the bones that support your teeth. In this case, your gums may dislodge from the teeth, your teeth may become loose, or your gums may have sores, pus, or swelling.
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