Understanding First Signs of Diabetes

Become Infection Prone

Getting more and more infections is one of the first signs of diabetes. In fact, many people doubt when infections take longer time to heal than usual. Many infections occur due to neuropathy, a condition characterized by nerve damage. Different researchers and medical documents suggest neuropathy and the pervasiveness of infections as the significant first signs of diabetes.

Visual Degradation

Many people report visual complications even when they are not diagnosed with diabetes. It is very difficult to make the prognosis of diabetes from visual degradation including blurriness or haziness of visual clarity, retinopathy, glaucoma, cataracts, etc. Research suggests individuals with diabetes are at 40% higher risk for developing glaucoma than people without diabetes problem.

Other Symptoms

Fatigue is one of the most unnoticed and underreported first signs of diabetes. Typically people with diabetes experience an increased sense of fatigue; they get very easily exhausted even without doing any hard work. They frequently experience racing heart and dizziness. In addition, their weight may dramatically decrease.

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Selected Diabetes Articles

Diabetes Care: An Ongoing Process That Requires Being Extra Vigilant

It is sad but true that diabetes is a major health concern in the West which can be seen when we find that there are an estimated three to five percent Westerners affected by this silent killer of a disease, and an estimated one million Canadians are also so affected. Diabetes generally causes an individual’s body cells to become unable to absorb as well as use glucose in an adequate manner and for various reasons including becoming resistant to the hormone known as insulin or because of lack of insulin. And, without proper diabetes care, the patient’s body cells may become starved of fuel that is needed to provide energy to the body and sugar will not then be able to get into the cells, thus causing elevated levels of it in the blood. [Read full article]
 

Complications That Arise From Diabetes

Diabetes is a serious disease that gives rise to many other conditions that threaten people from all walks of life. It is a condition that results from abnormal production of insulin on our bodies or the misuse of glucose in our bodies. There are many different health problems that arise from having diabetes. The condition itself needs constant monitoring regarding the levels of insulin or glucose we have in our bodies. [Read full article]
 

Understanding Diabetes Management

With the way the world is shaping up to be, or not shaping up, is becoming a major concern for not only those in the medical profession, but for individuals who are the ones suffering from excess weight gain. Whether it was due to a poor diet, a predetermined gene, or a mixture of the two, millions of people are suffering with their weight issues everyday. And it goes beyond just how someone feels about the way they look, carrying too much weight may very well be the cause for the majority of the diabetes cases. [Read full article]