Diabetes is a serious disease caused by a genetic people: its probability of developing a disease of the pancreas. If your family is exposed to the disease, read this article to detect symptoms of diabetes as soon as possible.

The type I diabetes

Type I is known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). It is less common to the USA but is the most serious and usually develops within a few days or weeks. In DID, lack of insulin resulting from the destruction of beta cells. Symptoms associated with DID are so distinct that they rarely leave any doubt of diagnosis. They are as follows:

Polyurie: urinate frequently and in large quantities is a classic symptom of diabetes, as the body fluid rushes through the kidney to dilute the high levels of sugar in the urine.

Polydipsie: An unusual thirst is the natural result of too frequent urination: the body, it shows the loss of fluids to be replaced. Dehydration eventually occur if the condition is not taken sooner.

Polyphagia: This feeling of extreme hunger stems from the belief that the body dies of hunger because glucose is not reaching its cells to provide desperately needed energy.

A rapid weight loss: Most Type I patients are at or below their ideal weight. When begins DID, May suddenly they lose more weight up to 15 pounds in one week even if they May more than enough to eat and have a good appetite. The lack of insulin means that the calories in the form of glucose, are sent through the urine and the body begins to burn fat reserves.

Weakness: Since muscle cells are not usually receive their fuel, energy flags. Of course, fatigue can have many causes, and that is why diabetes can not go for so long. Be concerned if once active child seems tired, sleepy, listless or without apparent reason. Some children also complain May of the stomach, leg or chest pain, or have difficulty breathing.

Irritability: In youth, crankiness, confusion or excessive crying May warn of impending disease. A child May appear to be inattentive or May not do as well in school as before.

Nausea and / or vomiting: These symptoms preceding May ketoacidosis, toxic ketone acids accumulate in the blood when the body has to resort to burning fat for energy deposits.

Blurred vision: excess glucose May be seeping into their eyes, change the shape of the lens. Difficulty concentrating or changes for a day to the next from myopia to normal vision are other visual cues for possible diabetes.

TYPE II

Type II or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), represents the majority of cases of diabetes, estimated that nearly 13 million people in the USA. Unlike Type I, Type II is progressing more slowly. It may drag along unnoticed for years. Symptoms appear gradually May, more and more intense or frequent with age. Consult your doctor as soon as you observe any of the following:

At least one of the symptoms of type I

Picotements or numbness in the legs, feet or fingers: May Or you have a burning sensation or heightened sensitivity to these ends or other spots on the skin. The symptoms such as leg cramps, May seems to worsen or only at night. Again, these May be signs that the spread is low or that nerve damage is already in progress.

The frequent infections diabetes weakens the body's defenses against invasions of bacteria. The gum infections, urinary tract, or skin that keep recurring or take a long time to dissipate show that the disease May began to interfere with the immune system.

The itchy skin or genitals: This May be the result of an underlying infection or dehydration, a byproduct of diabetes.

Slow healing cuts and bruises: Because diabetes affects how cells use nutrients derived from food, the agency May have difficulty repairing damaged tissues. Diabetes also thickens the blood vessels, slowing traffic and injury prevention of the receipt by the blood, these necessary nutrients and oxygen.

Unfortunately, too many of these symptoms may be overlooked or attributed to other conditions. Make sure that your blood sugar checked annually, at the very least, and more often if there are manifestations of one of the above symptoms.

Learn about type 2 diabetes symptoms and type one diabetes at the Diagnosing Diabetes site.

Autor: Jack Stanley

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