Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes is often diagnosed because the symptoms may seem harmless. Often times, the signs are normal. People who have diabetes think that they’re okay when in fact they are already showing signs that they have it. The common diabetes symptoms are frequent urination, extreme hunger, increased fatigue, irritability, blurry vision, unusual weight loss, and extreme thirst.
If the person frequently visits the bathroom, this means that there is too much glucose in the blood. If there is no insulin or there is insulin but it is ineffective, the kidneys will not be able to filter the glucose back. They are overwhelmed so they try to draw out the extra water to dilute the glucose. The bladder is full because the person keeps urinating.
A person who also show signs of diabetes also can’t get enough of water. He drinks more than usual. This makes sense because whatever he is drinking, he goes to the bathroom and loses it. The body pulls extra water out of the blood and the person runs to the bathroom more. If he doesn’t drink water, then he becomes dehydrated.
Losing weight is a common sign for Type 1 Diabetes. This is because the pancreas no longer makes insulin. There is a viral attack on the cells or the body simply cannot produce the cells anymore. The body searches for an energy source in order to supply the cells with glucose. If it fails to do so, then the muscle tissues are slowly broken down and there is no longer fat for energy. In Type 2 Diabetes, the weight loss is not immediate. It happens gradually because the person is increasing his resistance to insulin, therefore it is not as noticeable as that of Type 1 Diabetes.
When glucose becomes bad, the person becomes tired easily. Glucose which the body gets from the food travels through the bloodstream. Insulin is supposed to assist in the transitioning of the glucose into the cells of the body so that energy can be produced. Since there is no insulin and the cells aren’t reacting as much, the glucose stays outside the cells and not through the bloodstream. The cells become the energy and the person is hungrier, feels more weak, and run down.