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Symptoms of Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes
The symptoms
of Type 1 diabetes usually come
on suddenly. They include:
- Increased thirst
- Increased urination
- Increased hunger
- Sudden weight loss
- Feeling very tired
Type 2 Diabetes
In its early stages, type 2 diabetes often has no symptoms. When
symptoms do occur, they may come on gradually and be very subtle.
They include:
- Feeling tired
- Dry, itchy skin
- Numbness or tingling in hands or feet
- Frequent infections
- Increased urination
- Blurred vision
- Problems with sexual function
- Slow healing of cuts or sores
- Increased hunger and thirst
Hypoglycemia
Not enough sugar in your blood
Causes:
- Too little food
- Too much insulin or diabetes medicine
- Extra activity.
Onset: sudden, may progress to insulin shock.
Symptoms:
- Shaking
- Fast Heart beat
- Sweating
- Dizziness
- Anxious
- Hunger
- Impaired vision
- Weakness and fatigue
- Headache
- Irritable
Treatment:
- 15g of quick carbohydrate
- 4 oz juice or regular soda
- 3 glucose tabs
- 5 pieces of hard candy
- 6 oz milk
Hyperglycemia
Causes:
Too much sugar in your blood
- Too much food
- Too little insulin or diabetes medicine
- Illness
- Stress
Onset: Gradual, may progress to diabetic coma
Symptoms:
- extreme thirst
- frequent urination
- dry skin
- hunger
- blurred vision
- drowsiness
Treatment:
- Exercise
- Take medications/insulin correctly
- Ask your doctor whether or not you should change medications to help you control your blood sugars better.
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