Diabetes is a serious medical condition. If left untreated it is not only lifelong but also life threatening. It is estimated that more than 20 million individuals are suffering from symptoms of diabetes in United States of America alone. More alarming figure is that around 6 million of the above figures are not yet diagnosed with diabetes. These unlucky individuals are experiencing diabetic symptoms but are not ware of their medical condition.
What Are First 8 Symptoms Of Diabetes?
Diabetes is generally diagnosed when a person visits his family doctor for the treatment of other problems. There are some earliest signs of diabetes that people confuse and attribute them to other medical conditions.
Frequent Urination: The frequency of urination of the person increases because of the increased level of sugar in blood. This increases the amount of blood that is flowing through the kidneys. However some people also start to experience frequent urination as they get older. Mostly this condition is written off as they are getting older. If the underlying cause is diabetes it must be diagnosed. If this chronic medical condition is left untreated it may lead to kidney failure as well.
Extreme Thirst: As kidneys are extracting more water from the body; to restock the water supply the body experiences an unquenchable thirst.
Excessive Hunger: There is a deficiency of insulin in the body and the cells are unable to get adequate amount of energy for the processing of body functions. The cells get energy starved and give signals to the brain that they are hungry. Though the food is around but the cells are unable to extract glucose from the food because of lack f insulin.
Sudden or Unexplained Weight Loss: As mentioned earlier the lack of insulin causes the cells to stay away from energy. The body needs energy for its processing. It starts to break down the muscle and the fat mass of the body to get enough energy. The result is then sudden or unexplained weight loss.
Fatigue: Decrease level of energy cause the diabetic person to feel fatigued tired or even completely exhausted after the routine work.
Irritability, Mood Swings and Depression: The diabetic becomes irritable and depressed because of the drastic changes and the undiagnosed signs and symptoms of diabetes experienced by him.
Impaired Vision or Blurriness in Vision: More blood flows through the retina of eye which results in the swelling of eye lens. The blurriness in vision is experienced. If left untreated it may result in complete blindness as well.
Numbness or Tingling In Extremities: Numbness is experienced generally in leg, feet, hands or arms.
If you are experiencing any of the above mentioned warning signs of diabetes it is important to get tested.
Remember diabetes is not an illness that will go by itself. Further it only progresses if left untreated. It is the 6th leading cause of death in USA.
So do not be the next victim of this chronic ailment.
