To find out whether you suffer from diabetes or not, the easiest way is to visit a doctor and get a proper analysis of your glucose. To tell you indirectly whether you encounter any of the three diabetes types – type 1, type 2 and pregnancy type, there are also some symptoms.
Diabetes type 2 is the most common type. Feeling like urinating quite often and especially waking up at night to do it, are the sign of diabetes. To remove the extra glucose from the blood, the kidneys will increase their activity; therefore you will also experience an increased sensation of thirst. Always comes together these two symptoms. A high level of glucose also usually determines a fast and unexplainable weight loss – up to 3-5 kilos a month. As a result of the insulin not providing the cells with glucose, the unexpected weight loss comes. Therefore, there is nothing in the organism can transform in energy, so it starts feeding with the proteins in muscles and fat to survive.
Due to the high oscillations of the glucose, intense hunger may also appear. To work properly, the organism asks for extra food as its level goes down. Symptoms of diabetes are itches and dry skin also. Dark spots in the areas of armpits and neck are sometimes included in the skin problem. The long lasting cure should be a question mark, whenever you suffer from a wound, whether you cut your nails excessively or you just fall during an exercise. Usually due to the high quantity of glucose, obviously your blood vessels are deteriorated. Tiredness and foggy view, tingles and numbness, are also obvious symptoms of diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »