Tuesday, January 3, 2012

How To Tell If You Have Diabetes

By Clifford Gill


Did you know that almost one third of all people with diabetes don't know they have it? The symptoms seem so harmless, like symptoms of just getting older. This article goes into the different types of diabetes and some of the common symptoms of each to help you understand diabetes a little better.

In this article we'll go over the three main types of diabetes. Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational diabetes are all included here.

Type 1 Diabetes

When it comes to this type of diabetes, it has also been called insulin-dependent and immune-mediated diabetes. When your body doesn't produce insulin, then this will occur. What the immune system does is attack insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes is this type of diabetes.

The risk of other serious complications such as heart disease, nerve damage, blindness, and kidney damage are all increased with type 1 diabetes.

Some of the symptoms include increased thirst, increased urination, weight loss even with increased appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fatigue, and absence of menstruation

Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is considered as the most common type that fails to be diagnosed. Not only does it progress slowly, it also causes symptoms such as skin infections, poor healing, kidney problems, and vision problems. Because it is ordinary, neither these complications nor the diabetes is diagnosed after years of mild symptoms.

The people having no severe symptoms and do not seek medical care at all is usually the problem here. They just think of the symptoms as simply getting older. This is the reason why it is important to get regularly tested for diabetes in the most common age group (over 40's). In fact, without realizing to test for diabetes, a doctor may less commonly treat other diseases.

All about Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes usually happens during a woman's pregnancy. They may have never had diabetes before but still, pregnant women who have high blood sugar levels during pregnancy are said to have it. It affects 4 percent of all women during pregnancy.

Increased thirst, increased urination, weight loss in spite of increased appetite, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, frequent infections including those of the bladder, vagina, and skin and blurred vision are the symptoms.

In pregnancy, gestational diabetes can be missed. Most of the time, it starts with mild symptoms that often can be attributed to other things. During pregnancy, it is important to get tested since the high blood sugars from gestational diabetes can do harm to the baby and sometimes lead to other complications.

Even if you're not pregnant, you should make it a priority to get tested. There are a lot of women who have gestational diabetes and think about their symptoms as being usual during pregnancy. It is always a good idea to get tested even though it is possible that the symptoms are usual during pregnancy.

It is essential that you see your doctor if you are having any of the symptoms for diabetes. This is true even if you think that it is absolutely nothing. After all, it's better to be safe than sorry.




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