Five Warning Signs of Diabetes

The dreadful diabetes is definitely treatable but how if we could actually detect and avoid it in the first step? If taken the right steps at an early stage, we can actually prevent, delay or even cure diabetes completely. Most of the times, diabetes is detected when it has already laid an impact on the body and the damage has already been done.
However, diabetes does warn you that it is arriving but only if you pay attention to its warnings and symptoms and take proper steps in an early stage.
Diabetes can either be of Type 1, Type 2 or the gestational diabetes (that occurs in pregnancy).




Type 1 diabetes is caused by a virus that attacks and destroys the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas thus disabling its sugar transporting capacity from the blood to other cells in the body. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type across people and is normally caused due to poor diet, obesity and is also hereditary. It results in a decreased insulin resistance. Gestational diabetes is almost similar to Type 2 diabetes, the only difference being that it is triggered by the hormones of pregnancy.
The top warning signs indicating that diabetes may be around soon are:
1. Frequently going to the bathroom: Excessive urination may be an indication of diabetes as there is too much glucose in the blood. Since the insulin is not effective anymore, the kidneys try to extract water from the blood to dilute the glucose.
2. Weakness and loss of energy: As the insulin is no more effective, the cells are longer able to generate enough energy from the glucose and you tend to feel tired and weak at shorter intervals.
3. Sudden loss of weight: This is an after effect of the second symptom and due to the lack of energy, you can notice a sudden loss of weight. This symptom is more prominent in the Type 1 diabetes and there is a gradual loss of weight in Type 2 diabetes.




4. Numb hands or legs(Neuropathy): Neuropathy is a result of the constant high glucose in the body which affects the nervous system and it normally happens gradually after a few years.
5. Additional symptoms: Itchy or dry skin, infections, cuts and wounds that heal after a long time and blurred vision are also few other symptoms of diabetes. The primary reason for all of them remains the same- increased glucose levels in the body.

Controlling blood sugar levels is an art. If you want to be an expert in it, you should know the full details in Diabetic Foods to Eat AND Diabetes Foods to Avoid.