5 WARNING SIGNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE DIABETES (AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT)

 5 WARNING SIGNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE DIABETES (AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT)

Type 2 diabetes is far and away the most common form of the disease, and it’s the one that can sneak up on you without causing initial symptoms. It’s called “the silent killer” for a reason. It’s quite likely that millions of people are living their lives without knowing that they have diabetes, and that’s a risk that can lead to serious health problems such as nerve damage, vision problems, kidney disease, heart attack and stroke. Today there are more ways to treat and control diabetes than ever before, including diet and lifestyle changes that can even eliminate diabetes completely in some cases. Before diabetes can be treated it must be recognized. The following signs and symptoms may be an indication that you Have it .

1. Frequent urination 

Excessive thirst and increased urination are common diabetes signs and symptoms. When you havediabetes, excess glucose — a type of sugar — builds up in your blood. Your kidneys are forced to work overtime to filter and absorb the excess glucose.

2. EXCESSIVE THIRST 

Excessive thirst and increasedurination

Your kidneys are forced to work overtime to filter and absorb theexcess glucose. When your kidneys can't keep up, the excess glucose is excreted into your urine, dragging along fluids from your tissues, which makes you dehydrated. This will usually leave you feeling thirsty.

3. WEIGHT LOSS 

Diabetes and sudden weight loss

In people with diabetes, insufficient insulin prevents the body from getting glucose from the blood into the body's cells to use as energy. When this occurs, the body starts burning fat and muscle for energy, causing a reductionin overall body weight.

4. FEELING HUNGRY ALL THE TIME 

In uncontrolled diabetes where blood glucose levels remain abnormally high ( hyperglycemia ), glucose from the blood cannot enter the cells – due to either a lack of insulin or insulin resistance – so the body can't convert the food you eat into energy. This lack of energy causes an increase inhunger

5. SKIN PROBLEMS

Diabetic dermopathy

Diabetes can cause changes in the small blood vessels. These changes can cause skin problems calleddiabetic dermopathy. Dermopathy often looks like light brown, scaly patches.