Tuesday 25 June 2013

Have Early Signs Of Diabetes See A Doctor Save Your Life

By Colter Bjanis


If you urinate frequently, have a weak bladder, experience rapid weight changes and changes in vision you have signs of diabetes.

Other indications of diabetes are recurring infections, cuts or bruises that heal very slowly, tingling of the hands or feet, increased appetite, fatigue, sores which are slow to heal, weakness in the back of legs, unsteady gait because of impaired nerve or muscle malfunction, and cramping or pain.

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.

The signs of diabetes are the same in men and women, and develop because the pancreas can't generate enough insulin or what's produced is ineffective in controlling blood sugar 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.

Diabetes is a serious life threatening disease that must be evaluated by a physician in the early stages. The sooner the disease is diagnosed the sooner medication can be administered to prevent complications and stop the disease from getting worse.

Type 2 diabetes, previously known as adult-onset diabetes or non insulin-dependent diabetes, is the most common form of diabetes. It is principally a disorder of lifestyle and may very often be prevented with changes in lifestyle like increased exercise and modification of diet.

If you are over 40, have a family hereditary history of diabetes or are obese, you have a high likelihood of developing diabetes. Types 1 and 2 diabetes have the same symptoms. but distinct causes.

Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, the cause of the diabetes, is lifestyle induced in persons with type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder where the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas are destroyed by the body.

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.

Of the 17 million people who are suffering this disease almost 6 million haven't been medically diagnosed. The reason could very well be that many of the early warning signs of diabetes are shrugged off by those who suffer them because the symptoms don't seem that severe.

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.

Type 3, or gestational diabetes, commonly occurs during pregnancy. The symptoms are hard to detect, and disappear after childbirth.




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