You're wondering if you may have diabetes.
That can be pretty scary.
Diabetes is on the rise in the US and elsewhere. Some statistics say that 50% of people over 45 may have to deal with diabetes. And it remains the leading cause of kidney failure and loss of sight in America.
The good news I can share is that there are very effective treatments to help you prevent or even turn around diabetes.
But first you have to know if you have diabetes.
Here's the quick run down of symptoms.
You'll start to notice the symptoms when your insulin isn't effective enough at helping your glucose (blood sugar) get into your cells, and it's left floating around in your blood stream.
Once the concentration gets above 180 mg/dl, the sugar will spill into your urine and here's what starts to happen:
1. You'll feel thirsty all the time and you'll need to urinate often. That's because there's so much glucose in your blood that you kidney can't handle it. The glucose spills into your urine and draws water out of your blood. More urine in your bladder makes you pee. Less water in your water in your blood makes you thirsty.
2. Your vision will start to blur. The lens of your eye is swelling because it's taking in more water so your eye can't quite focus correctly.
3. You're really hungry. Your cells aren't taking in the glucose efficiently. So your cells can't get enough energy and you feel starved all the time, even if you're eating a lot.
4. You're over tired. Again, your cells aren't getting glucose (energy) so you're tired.
5. You may be losing weight. Your body lacks insulin or it's response to insulin. Your body is breaking down your muscle and fat trying to get more glucose. And as you know, you're just peeing the glucose away.
6. You may be getting vaginal infections (only in women). Bugs that cause vaginal infections love sugar. When your blood sugar rises, so do they.
Warning: You may have diabetes and not be showing it. That's right. The worse part is that all this could be going on in your body and you don't know it.
In a 2007 study in Diabetes Care, 6600 subjects (out of a total of 15,000) had diabetes but didn't show a symptom.
That can be pretty scary.
Diabetes is on the rise in the US and elsewhere. Some statistics say that 50% of people over 45 may have to deal with diabetes. And it remains the leading cause of kidney failure and loss of sight in America.
The good news I can share is that there are very effective treatments to help you prevent or even turn around diabetes.
But first you have to know if you have diabetes.
Here's the quick run down of symptoms.
You'll start to notice the symptoms when your insulin isn't effective enough at helping your glucose (blood sugar) get into your cells, and it's left floating around in your blood stream.
Once the concentration gets above 180 mg/dl, the sugar will spill into your urine and here's what starts to happen:
1. You'll feel thirsty all the time and you'll need to urinate often. That's because there's so much glucose in your blood that you kidney can't handle it. The glucose spills into your urine and draws water out of your blood. More urine in your bladder makes you pee. Less water in your water in your blood makes you thirsty.
2. Your vision will start to blur. The lens of your eye is swelling because it's taking in more water so your eye can't quite focus correctly.
3. You're really hungry. Your cells aren't taking in the glucose efficiently. So your cells can't get enough energy and you feel starved all the time, even if you're eating a lot.
4. You're over tired. Again, your cells aren't getting glucose (energy) so you're tired.
5. You may be losing weight. Your body lacks insulin or it's response to insulin. Your body is breaking down your muscle and fat trying to get more glucose. And as you know, you're just peeing the glucose away.
6. You may be getting vaginal infections (only in women). Bugs that cause vaginal infections love sugar. When your blood sugar rises, so do they.
Warning: You may have diabetes and not be showing it. That's right. The worse part is that all this could be going on in your body and you don't know it.
In a 2007 study in Diabetes Care, 6600 subjects (out of a total of 15,000) had diabetes but didn't show a symptom.
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