Thursday, October 24, 2013

Early Warning Signs Of Diabetes Can Save Your Life

By Colter Bjanis


Frequent urination, weak bladder, rapid weight gain or loss, changes in vision are all signs of diabetes.

Increased appetite, tingling hands and feet, muscle and nerve impairment causing an unsteady gait, sores, cuts and bruises that take longer to heal, increased appetite, fatigue, weakness in the back of your legs, pain from cramping are all signs that you may have diabetes.

The hallmark warning sign of diabetes is increased thirst which is the result of glucose absorbing water from your cells. More subtle warning signs are muscle weakness in hands or feet, pins and needle sensations, heat and cold insensitivity and trouble walking.

Men and women typically have the same signs and symptoms. They are the result of the pancreas not producing insulin at all or the amount produced is inadequate for controlling blood glucose levels.

High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, is an increase in blood glucose concentration. The high sugar concentration is what causes diabetic symptoms. Because with type 2 diabetics, the symptoms last over an extended period of time, the damage to the body is more severe.

If early signs of diabetes are discovered before major symptoms arise in an individual the disease may have not advanced so far that medication won't be able to prevent it from getting worse. The signs of diabetes may be serious and must be evaluated by a physician.

Life style modification, including increased exercise and diet modification, may prevent type 2 diabetes. The disease, previously known as adult-onset or non insulin dependent diabetes, is the most common form of diabetes induced by high blood sugar.

The different types of diabetes have are the same symptoms, but types 1 and 2 diabetes have different causes. Type 2 diabetes occurs in people over 40 years old, have a family history of diabetes or are obese.

The destruction of insulin producing by the body, an autoimmune disorder, is the cause of type 1 diabetes. Lifestyle induced high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, is the cause of type 2 diabetes.

Five to 10 percent of all the diagnosed cases of type 1 diabetes in the United States have type 1 diabetes. Most of the time it affects people younger than 30, but it can occur at any age.

Just 6 million of the 17 million people who have diabetes have been diagnosed. Apparently. the symptoms remain undiagnosed in these individuals because many of them believe that they are not severe enough to consult with a physcian.

When your pancreas does not produce insulin or you are insulin resistant, that is your cells don't respond to the insulin that is produced, high blood sugar is the result. High blood sugar concentration can lead to heart disease, impotence, vascular damage, amputations, blindness, stroke and recurrent infections, and high blood pressure.

Commonly occurring during pregnancy, type 3 or gestational diabetes, symptoms are difficult to detect, but they subside after the child is born.




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