Diabetes Symptoms
Monday, May 26th, 2008What are the symptoms of diabetes??
Answer :
your blood is kinda thick
Type one diabetes? Symptoms?
I’m 14 and lately I’ve been really thirsty all the time, always tired, always hungry, and even when I eat a lot I don’t get full and my weight stays the same or goes down by at least 4 lbs. I’ll get up every five minutes all day to get water, and I urinate just as often. My mom doesn’t think it’s anything and she says I don’t need to get it checked, but I think I do. What do I do about that?
And whenever I eat something with a lot of sugar I feel really bad afterwards, like physically. I’ll get a stomach ache no matter how little of it I eat but I wont feel full.
And for some reason I get mad really easily lately. I usually never get mad and when I do I just shrug it off. But lately the smallest things will make me mad. I don’t know if this has anything to do with diabetes, but it started right around when I started getting hungry, tired, and thirsty all the time.
I don’t know the symptoms of diabetes, so that would really be helpful.
Answer :
The symptoms of a diabetic ketoacidosis (untreated diabetes mellitus) are extreme hunger, thirst, irritablity, tiredness, peeing all the time, and much more. Extreme weight loss is another sign. I went through these exact same symptoms. I dropped 20 lbs in 2 wks and felt horrible. Go to the ER right away…this is nothing to be messing with. Get your BG (blood glucose) checked and that will automatically tell whether you need further blood work and testing done. If your vision has changed any as well (like mine did), that is a HUGE sign you need to get checked out. I could drink over 10 glasses of water and it wouldn’t put a dent in my thirst. I would pee it out all equally, never getting satisfied at all. GET TO THE ER RIGHT AWAY! If I hadn’t gone when I did, the doc said that in another three days or so I could’ve went into a diabetic coma or even died. This is serious. Go right now.
Answer :
If your parents won’t take you to the doctor there are a couple of things you can do.
1) Talk to your school nurse. She can listen and then make a recommendation to your parents.
2) Call your doctor and tell the nurse your symptoms and let them call your parents to recommend they bring you in.
3) If you have a diabetic friend with a test kit and they are knowledgable about testing and take responsibility for their own, have them take your blood sugar and then let your parents know what it was. DO NOT FORGET TO CHANGE THE NEEDLE. Needles are personal and carriers of infections and disease so never, ever share a needle (used for the finger prick).
4) Call your grandparents or other close family member and talk to them if they are close by.
While symptoms may sound like one thing they can be another so it’s alwasy best to seek professional help.
Diabetes symptoms?
symptoms of diabetes
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My husband and I are both diabetics. Symptoms can vary from one diabetic to another. Here are some of the symptoms that my husband and I have experienced.
1. Feeling very flushed or warm in the face area.
2. Feeling very tired and sleepy, especially after a meal.
3. I actually have a headache when my blood sugar is elevated.
4. Weight loss or weight gain. I lost, my husband gained weight.
5.Thirsty. When my husband’s blood sugar was elevated, he craved a lot of water. I never have.
6. Blurred vision, we both have this symptom. This is a sign that ones blood sugars are high.
7. Excessive sweating.
8.Having to urinate a lot.
9. Insomnia
10. Excessive craves for sweets and carbs.
Here are some good websites that you might want to check out for more information on diabetes. www.webmd.com,prevention.com
Diabetes symptoms?
I have 3 nap during the day
Is this one of the symptoms for diabetes??
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What are the main Symptoms of Diabetes?
The most consistent symptom of diabetes mellitus (Type I and II) is elevated blood sugar levels. In Type I (insulin dependent / early onset) diabetes, this is caused by the body not producing enough insulin to properly regulate blood sugar. In Type II (non insulin dependent/adult onset) diabetes, it is caused by the body developing resistance to insulin, so it cannot properly use what it produces.
However, high blood sugar is not something you can see in the mirror at home, so it is useful to know the side-effects of high blood sugar, which are commonly recognized as the noticeable symptoms of diabetes.
If you find yourself experiencing many of these diabetes symptoms on a consistent, long term basis, you should visit a doctor to be tested for diabetes. Ignoring (or not recognizing) the symptoms of diabetes can lead to long-term serious health risks and complications from untreated diabetes. Some of the common ‘early warning’ signs of diabetes are:
The first symptom of diabetes is often excessive thirst (unrelated to exercise, hot weather, or short-term illness)
Excessive hunger (you know you’ve eaten “enough” but are still hungry all the time)
Frequent urination (often noticed because you must wake up repeatedly during the night)
Tiredness and fatigue (possibly severe enough to make you fall asleep unexpectedly after meals), one of the most common symptoms of diabetes.
Rapid and/or sudden weight loss (any dramatic change in weight is a sign to visit a doctor)
While many of the signs and symptoms of diabetes can also be related to other causes, testing for diabetes is very easy, and the constant/regular presence of one or more of these symptoms over an extended period of time should be cause for a visit to the doctor.
If diabetes is suspected, tested for, and diagnosed when those symptoms first start appearing, other more serious symptoms of advanced diabetes can often be prevented or have their onset significantly delayed through diet, exercise and proper blood sugar management.
However, often the ‘minor’ symptoms of diabetes go unrecognized, and physical and neurological problems may arise, resulting in some
of the following symptoms:
Blurred vision (diabetes can lead to macular degeneration and eventual blindness)
Numbness and/or tingling in the hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy, a symptom of diabetes, causes nerve damage in the extremities)
Slow healing of minor scratches and wounds (diabetes often leads to impaired immune system function)
Recurrent or hard-to-treat yeast infections in women (another sign of impaired immune function)
Dry or itchy skin (peripheral neuropathy also affects circulation and proper sweat gland function)
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms on a regular basis, or you recognize these symptoms in a child or relative, they may be signs of untreated diabetes. A doctor’s appointment should be made as soon as possible, so the individual experiencing the symptoms can — if diabetes is diagnosed — take the steps needed to prevent more serious health problems
Diabetes? Symptoms..?
I’ve had symptoms such as missed period, excessive drinking, itchy rashes on my wrists, Urinary tract infections (i think, needing to urinate every few minutes and its painful, not diagnosed however), thrush, blurred vision and shakey hands. I’m 99% sure im NOT pregnant and have missed my period for 2 months (ive done pregnancy tests which have been negative 2 months after my missed period).
While looking for an answer i came across a page with symptoms of diabetes. I am a bit overweight i suppose, but i cant get to the doctor for a little while.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/d/diabetes…
Is that a wild guess?
Answer :
if you can’t go to the doctor, go to walmart. 
They have a blood glucose meter there and strips, and the whole bit will only cost you around $35 bucks. Check your sugars, follow the information in the book (or email me and i’ll walk you thru it).
I am diabetic, but don’t have most of those symptoms, and also, you can be diabetic without being overweight. You actually sound like you could be hypoglycemic, meaning you have low blood sugar. Either way, stay away from sweets and processed sugar. Some women also get ‘pregnancy diabetes’, which only happens when you’re pregnant, then usually goes away after you have the baby.
Don’t stress out over this stuff. Wait it out, and get to your doctor as soon as you can. Some pharmacies will test your sugars for you too, maybe check around?
Also, it is possible for pregnancy tests to show a false negative for up to 6 months into the pregnancy… My friend had 4 months of negative tests, and her son is turning 6 this spring.
Good luck hope it all works out for you!!
Edit: one more thing, most of your symptoms (including missed periods) are indicative of dehydration. :/ perhaps try drinking more fluids. 
What are some signs and symptoms of diabetes?
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Many individuals discover they are diabetic only when they visit their family doctors for other ailments. It are these early warning signs of diabetes that many people attribute to other conditions.
1. Frequency of urination - This happens when blood sugar levels are raised, increasing the amount of blood flowing through the kidneys. Many people, as they get older, will experience increased urination problems. They write this condition off as growing older. When diabetes is the cause, it needs to be diagnosed. Left untreated, diabetes can lead to the kidneys failing and shutting down.
2. Extreme hunger - Because of the lack of insulin the body is not producing, the body receives signals it is hungry. This symptom is experienced when the body’s energy is deficient from not receiving enough insulin from the blood stream to the cells.
3. Unexplained, or sudden weight loss - When the body is not receiving enough cellular energy, the body begins to break down it’s own fat and muscle to replace the energy, the body is lacking.
4. Fatigue - Feeling tired and rundown is caused by the decreased energy levels.
5. Depression and irritability are no experienced as a result of the above symptom the body is going through because of the diabetes.
6. Extreme thirst is also triggered due to the diabetes depleting the body of energy.
7. Impaired vision can also be experienced as a symptom of diabetes when more blood volume leads to the eye’s lens swelling. When diabetes is left untreated, blindness can be experienced.
8. Loss of feeling or numbness, usually in the feet, legs, arms or hands areas of the body. Experiencing any of these symptoms in any of these areas can be a warning sign of diabetes.
If you are experiencing any of the beginning signs of diabetes, you should get tested. Testing for diabetes is also recommended for individuals that are over forty-five years of age and overweight. Diabetes and pre-diabetes testing is diagnosed by checking the blood glucose levels of a person’s blood.
These symptoms and others will progress in time and get more critical if the diabetes is present and goes undiagnosed and untreated. These beginning signs of diabetes should not be ignored. As this disease progresses, more complications will arise, putting your life in jeopardy.
This is not a disease that will go away by itself. Diabetes will only progress if not treated.
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Symptoms of diabetes??
I have my family member who is 13 years old and he is overweight and he was told by the doctor that he was getting close to getting diabetes. He needs to watch for his diet and. One of the things I don’t know is what are the symptoms of diabetes and. He gets alot of nose bleeds and a couple days ago he’s been telling me that his arm and hand gets numbed, this happens everytime he usually wakes up in the morning. I am really worried about him I don’t want him to get worse. what can I do to help him, and why does he keep getting nosebleeds for like 10 minutes.? thank you
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OK here goes , the nose bleeds are not connected to any thing,he will out grow the bleeds , it happens when the capillaries in the nose are weak they fill up with blood and when he turns over in bed or rubs his nose it breaks the vessels and he bleeds or they just get too full and break . no big deal , no harm , just a bloody pillow.now the numbed arms or hands could be because he sleeps on them cutting off circulation , causing the numbness and tingling effect.he is over wt. he just needs to eat a good diet , normal food just slow down on the sweets (not all ) he needs good exercise , walking is good ,no couch potato,Drink water,cut down sodas to one or two a week,just small things maybe one or two at a time . and see a dr. every year , if he thinks he is Pre-diabetic then Dr.might want to do a blood test every 6 months .just try to keep him healthy by encouraging him don’t complain or get onto him for eating something that is not good or that is fattening but be supportive ,he wi
ll back slide at this age a lot ,so just help him to get on the band wagon again and keep trying, in the mean time you start reading and learn all you can about diabetes and be ready to help and support your brother to make sure that he lives a long and healthy life, and just remember that he is NOT diagnosed yet!!good luck.
Diabetes Symptoms?
For those of you that have Diabetes or know someone that does, do these sound like symptoms I should get checked out? For the three months or so I’ve been really really thirsty, to the point where I drink like 2.5 litres of water or so a day and still it doesn’t take the edge of the dehydration feeling.
I am constantly in the bathroom, like I can go and then twenty minutes later I need to pee again and this goes on for a good part throughout the day (know it isn’t a UTI because I’ve had them numerous times now and know what that is like) and then I am just so rundown to the point where I am tired even when I wake up of a morning (maybe because have to go to the bathroom at least once a night, don’t know).
It is just getting worse and I find I am not able to concentrate of a day at work and by the time it hits like 12.00pm, I am so exhausted I find it hard to just stay awake. Not much fun :o/ Does this sound like it could be diabetes? Thanks guys.
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Everything you’ve described sounds like diabetes… you should make a doctor’s appt soon, it’s really easy to diagnose- a finger prick and a urine test. Diabetes is something you want to treat as soon as possible, if your blood sugar is out of whack, there are many organs which can be affected. Good luck
Symptoms of Diabetes and How do they test for it?
I have a horrid diet and diabetes is very prevalent in my family, I think I may have it. How do they test for diabetes and what are the symptoms?
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There are several ways to test:
1) A simple urine test will give an indication for howhigh your blood sugar is.
2) They can do a resting blood sugar test to see how high your sugar is.
3) They can do a Hemoglobin A1C to see on average, how high your sugar has been.
Symptoms of diabetes include: Weight loss, irritability, sudden poor eyesight, insatiable thirst, leg cramps when you lay down, horrid pain in your kidneys, increased urination