Thursday, March 24, 2011

Symptoms of diabetes

If you are diabetic you must have the knowledge of symptoms of diabetes. The family history will also to recognize the symptoms of diabetes. It is not important that every patient of diabetes will show the symptoms it’s only in the severe cases. The other symptoms can be observed if one is really careful. One of the symptoms of diabetes at early stage is hypoglycemia which means low blood sugar. In this situation there is a short age of insulin in the body and the person will feel dizziness, sweating hunger pangs.

Generally the persons with diabetic symptoms often feel illness, weight loss, dizzy and nausea due to very high blood sugar. At this stage the blood sugar is normally at 300 mg per deciliter which can be high at 600 mg per deciliter. If the blood sugar goes up to 600 mg per deciliter than it can cause a diabetic coma and an altered sense of consciousness. The symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are little bit different from each other. Type II symptoms can be severe one as diabetic ketoacidosis. Its reason is the building up of ketones which is byproduct of metabolism. Generalized loss of consciousness, stomach pain and coma are because of building of ketones.

Symptoms of low blood sugar can be seen in type I diabetics if they take too much insulin. Diabetics can affect the nerve system of body as it affects the functions of the leg nerves which are called peripheral neuropathy. A person is not able to feel things with his feet. This poor nerve and circulatory function causes diabetic foot ulcers. The diabetics can also cause vision problems because it diabetics make changes in the blood vessels in the eyes which is called diabetic retinopathy. It can be treated through the lasers treatments of retina.

When the diabetic is poorly treated it causes some kidney disease. It’s possible that there are actual symptoms not present but the kidney is in danger. It leads to the kidney dialysis or transplant. The cardiovascular system may play a role in diabetes. The diabetics can cause the heart attack also. If we control the diabetics at early stage than its effects can be reduced and there will be less complications.

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