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A Few Common Signs Of Diabetes
By M. A. Fulmar

Diabetes mellitus may occur and yet, there may be no symptoms and Type 2 diabetes is a slow developing form of diabetes. It is common for people to have it for many years, before it can be diagnosed. Even when symptoms do manifest them, they will vary from instance to instance, though two symptoms are frequently spotted in people and these are higher thirst as well as urinating frequently. The reason behind these signs of diabetes is excess glucose circulating in the body which sucks from water from tissues and causes a person to feel dehydrated. The result is that a person needs to drink a lot of water in order to quench this thirst and that in turn, causes a person to urinate frequently.

Warning Signs Of Diabetes

Warning signs of diabetes mellitus are flu-like symptoms, weight gain or loss, blurred vision; slow healing sores or recurrent infections, nerve damage and red, swollen and tender gums. Diabetics may often feel like they have been struck with a viral illness that results in fatigue, weakness as well as loss of appetite. This sign of diabetes emanates from when sugar is unable to reach the patient's cells and leads to tiredness as well as weakness.

The next sign of diabetes is weight gain or weight loss, which happens when the body tries to compensate for lost fluids and sugar and results in the patient eating more than usual and the opposite may also happen. It can also happen that the patient eats more than is required and yet loses weight because his or her muscles do not get enough glucose as is the case with Type 1 diabetes.

When a person has high levels of blood sugar, it causes the fluid to be pulled out of the tissues of the body that includes the lenses of the eyes and blurred vision is yet another sign of diabetes. Treating diabetes and lowering the blood sugar should help restore vision, but diabetes may even cause blindness.

Another sign of diabetes is that it will affect the patient's ability to heal as well as ward off and fight infections. Because of diabetes, women may have bladder and vaginal infections. The consequences of excess blood sugar can be devastating for diabetics and another sign of diabetes is when there is loss of sensation or tingling feeling in the hands and feet, which may be the result of nerve damage. Damage to the nerves that help produce erection in men can cause sexual dysfunctions in males and this is another sign of diabetes.

Diabetes insipidus is another diabetic condition and also results in excessive urination and feelings of increased thirst but is not the same as diabetes mellitus. The main cause of this type of diabetes is not blood sugar but a hormone disorder that does not allow the kidney to retain and conserve water.

Author Details:
M. A. Fulmar writes about Diabetes and other health matters for various web sites including, The A to Z of and Information Junkie.

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