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Early Signs of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a medical condition that occurs out of high blood sugar in your body. Blood sugar or blood glucose comes from the food you eat. The hormone insulin in your body is responsible for moving sugar from the blood and transfer it into the cells. The sugar is then stored in the cells and used for providing energy to the body. However, during diabetes, your body becomes incapable of either producing insulin or using processed insulin effectively. It leads to the problem of high blood sugar or diabetes and damages the nerves, kidneys, eyes, and other organs. The most common diabetes symptoms include frequent urination, excessive hunger after small intervals, fatigues.
Symptoms of Both Types of Diabetes
In most cases, people do not experience any signs or symptoms in the initial stages of both types of diabetes i.e. type 1 diabetes, and type 2 diabetes. The early warning signs can be so mild that a person might not notice them for a long term. This situation can occur mostly in people having type 2 diabetes. A person might be unaware of the problem for the long term until it becomes worse. In the case of type 1 diabetes, a person might experience the signs and symptoms early in about a few days or weeks. Diabetes type 1 symptoms are more severe as compared to diabetes type 2 symptoms.
Warning Signs of Diabetes
Extreme Hunger And Tiredness
Food is the main source of blood glucose or sugar in your body. The insulin created by the pancreas is responsible for transferring this sugar to the cells and store them for providing energy to the body. However, during diabetes, our body becomes incapable of either producing insulin or making the proper use of processed insulin. Due to this, the sugar is not transferred to the cells and your body becomes unable to produce energy. Lack of energy makes you feel extremely tired and hungrier. If you start feeling tired and hungry more than usual, then it can be one of the diabetes symptoms.
Frequent Urination Leads To Loss of Water
An average person urinates between four to seven times in 24 hours. However, a person having diabetes might go to pee more than usual. In the case of a normal health condition, your body reabsorbs glucose while it passes through the kidneys. However, in the case of diabetes affected person, the high blood sugar level of your body reduces the capability of the kidney to bring it all back in. It leads to the production of more urine in your body and increases your urge to urinate even after you haven’t drunk water in hours. During this condition, you will also be thirstier than usual and drink more water, hence, peeing more.
Blurred Vision
Diabetes is also associated with affecting your vision. Changes in the fluid levels in your body can lead to the swelling of the eyes lens and bring changes in the shape of your lens and affect the focus, hence, you can get blurred vision.
Dry Mouth And Itchy Skin
During diabetes, your body becomes incapable of reabsorbing glucose while it passes through the kidneys and makes it bring all back. This condition gives rise to the increased urge to pee. While your body uses fluids to make urine, other body parts lack moisture and lead to dehydration. Due to this, a person having diabetes experience a dry mouth, which gives rise to itchy skin.
Diabetes Type 2 Symptoms
Type 2 diabetes is a condition where your body either does not produces enough insulin or does not use it accordingly. Insulin is normally produced by the pancreas. A person having type 2 diabetes will experience a buildup of glucose in their blood due to its scarcity or misuse while its transfer to the cells. The high amount of glucose in the bloodstream can result in severe health concerns including nerves, eyes, blood vessels, heart, and kidneys. The diabetes type 2 symptoms might not occur for a long term until the situation has turned worse. It mainly arises after your glucose has been for a long time.
Symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes include:
- Yeast infection: Both men and women are at a higher risk of developing a yeast infection. Yeast occurs in the parts where there is plenty of it. Yeast infection will grow in moist and warm folds of skin. These areas of the body including under the breast, between fingers and toes, and in or around the private body parts.
- Slow-healing wounds or cuts: High blood sugar can affect the flow of blood in your body and cause nerve damage over time. It results in making your body incapable of healing wounds fast.
- Feeling of numbness or pain in legs or feet: Due to the nerve damage, your body might cause numbness or pain in the feet or legs.
Risk Factors Associated With Type 2 Diabetes
Age: People who are above the age of 45 are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
Obesity: Having excess weight puts you at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Losing extra weight is the best way to avoid the problem of both obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Family history: If one of your ancestors has experienced type 2 diabetes earlier, then there are high chances for you to inherit the same condition.
Pregnancy: Pregnant women are more likely to develop gestational diabetes, which may lead to type 2 diabetes within 15 years of pregnancy.
Diabetes Type 1 Symptoms
Type 1 diabetes is commonly diagnosed in childhood and adolescence. It is a condition where a person’s pancreas produces a negligible amount of insulin because the insulin-producing cells also known as beta cells get attacked by the body’s immune cells. Since cells need insulin to get energy from glucose, a person having type 1 diabetes might need to get regular injections of insulin to manage the level of glucose in the blood and use it for energy. Diabetes type 1 symptoms generally show up fast and give a worse experience to the person having it.
Some of the symptoms associated with type 1 diabetes include:
- Sudden weight loss: During type 1 diabetes, your body stops producing insulin that is responsible for transferring glucose to the cells that provide energy to the body. Due to the lack of energy, your body will start burning muscle and fat. It results in sudden or unplanned weight loss even though you haven’t started dieting.
- Vomiting: Nausea or vomiting is a result of sudden weight loss. During unplanned weight loss, your body resorts to burning fat and produces ketones. It builds up in your blood and leads to a dangerous and life-threatening condition known as diabetic ketoacidosis. This condition can make you feel sick.
The Risk Factor of Type 1 Diabetes
A person having a family history of type 1 diabetes is more likely to develop the same condition. Moreover, a person having a presence of certain genes in his body is at a higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes.
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