The MOST EVIDENT symptom of diabetes

You are here probably because you or someone you love has diabetes. If that is the case, I am sorry for you, because despite advances in medicine, it is still devastating when you are diagnosed with this disease.

But there is still good news if you are here: you are looking for symptoms. And when you get out ahead of diabetes you can stop it and even reverse it.
But what are you looking for?

Here is the top of the list of type 2 diabetes symptoms (and an overlooked detail at the end).

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SYMPTOM
Insatiable thirst and repeated urination.

Why these two?
They go together. What happens is that your body's cells are not taking in glucose effectively anymore (insulin usually triggers them to do this). So glucose flows freely in your blood.
Once it gets beyond a level of 180 mg/dl, your kidneys cannot filter it out, and sugar gets into your urine. At this moment your urine is soaking up water to attenuate the sugar. As a result your kidneys fill, you need to pee, and you get thirsty.

That is a signal that you have an excess of sugar in your blood and it is the cause and the start of all the awful things you have heard about diabetes.

The essential problem of diabetes is that your cells cannot absorbe sugar well. So sugar ends up in the incorrect place: It is in your urine and your blood, not in your cells.
Sugar is your energy font. But your cells cannot burn enough sugar because they cannot get enough of it. So your body may start tearing down your fat and muscles, trying to find more energy.

It can devastate your kidneys capacity to filter it out. It can also make your eyes swell and you cannot focus.

AND THIS IS THE OVERLOOKED DETAIL
You will not experience a lot of the type 2 diabetes symptoms until your blood sugar hits an average of 180 mg/dl. Nevertheless, you can by then be injuring your body earlier than that.


YOUR HABITS ARE THE KEY TO DIABETES HEALTH
If your habits do not help, your situation gets worse. On the other hand, if you have hale and hearty habits, you can live an extended life.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO NEXT?
Get on a routine that attacks type 2 diabetes symptoms at the root, i.e. that restores your capability to process sugar. Attain blood sugar control and maintain it that way. All the time.

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YOU CAN LEARN TO IDENTIFY DIABETES SYMPTOMS RIGHT NOW

By Richard Ferri
eHow Contributing Writer

Diabetes is a very common sugar and insulin disorder that often goes undetected in adults. Diabetes impacts nearly 24 million Americans. While this number is staggering by itself, it is important to note that an estimated 6 million people do not know that they have the disease. Diabetes is a disease in which the hormone known as insulin is not properly regulated, which can result in blood sugar (or glucose) imbalances.

There are various forms of diabetes that can range from a total lack of the body’s ability to produce insulin and regulate glucose to the body producing an ineffective amount of insulin. Proper glucose regulation is essential to normal bodily function, thought process and overall wellbeing. Poorly regulated glucose can damage virtually every internal organ and result in life-threatening infections and other conditions.

The good news about diabetes is that advances in care have been tremendous and the disease can be regulated extremely well. Given the fact that nearly 25 percent of Americans with diabetes do not know they have this serious, but treatable condition--this article will focus on the three major signs or red flags of diabetes.

SELF-ASSESSMENT OF ANY EXCESSIVE URINATION, HUNGER AND THIRST

*** Step 1 ***

Observe if there is frequent urination. The first of the three classic symptoms (usually referred to as the P's of Diabetes) is frequent urination or polyuria. This can be a confusing symptom, since it can occur with various other medical conditions other than diabetes. For women it may be a sign of a bladder infection, and for men it may herald the onset of an enlarged prostate. The main difference, however, with diabetes-associated polyuria is that the urinary stream is typically normal without burning or hesitation, but rather frequent and ultimately annoying urination.

*** Step 2 ***

Recognize excessive thirst (polydipsia). This symptom is usually noticeable since people frequently will state that they simply cannot drink enough and have never been as thirsty as this before. Essentially, the imbalance of glucose can result in another imbalance in how the body concentrates fluids (sometimes referred to as osmolarity) resulting in a craving and need to drink fluids in an attempt to correct this imbalance.


*** Step 3 ***

Notice if there is excessive hunger (polyphagia). Much like excessive thirst, excessive hunger is a rather striking symptom that patients frequently report. The sugar or glucose normally consumed by someone with new onset diabetes cannot be converted to energy and used by the body due to the insulin dysfunction, therefore a vicious cycle occurs whereby the body demands more and more food to help ward off glucose starvation, which is occurring since the insulin is absent or not effective. In essence, the body is dramatically attempting to maintain a normal blood sugar level without the full use of the regulating hormone insulin, so the brain tells the body: feed me!

A REVIEW OF ANY FAMILY HISTORY OF DIABETES

*** Step 4 ***

Consider that family history, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are risk factors for diabetes. Remember, treatment options for diabetes are numerous and effective and getting diagnosed and treated can dramatically improve health and quality of life.

TIPS & WARNINGS

Diabetes often goes unrecognized and is on the rise in certain parts of the world. There are varying levels of altered insulin production and the treatments needed. Obesity, diets high in refined sugars and saturated fats and sedentary lifestyles are risk factors that can be altered and corrected.

***** Never assume that you are not at risk because of a healthy lifestyle *****

***** Also keep an eye on your children if you have a family history of diabetes *****

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