Is numbness a sign of diabetes?

Question

I have numbness in my hands & feet occasionally.

Answer 1

First things first: numbness can be a sign of something that can be corrected if treated very quickly. For example, a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain can often be treated very successfully if treatment is started within the first three hours.

Where is the numbness? If it is in the feet (in both feet), that could be an indication of diabetic neuropathy.

However, if the numbness is on just one side of the body, anywhere in the body, it could be an indication of a stroke. A stroke (whether caused by a blood clot or bleeding in the brain) occurs in one side of the brain, and it results in symptoms on the other side of the body.

I am a type 2 diabetic (pills, not insulin), and my first symptom was numbness in the bottoms of both feet. I also am a stroke survivor, and the first symptom of that was a similar numbness all up and down the right side of my body.

For me, both kinds of numbness felt the same. The only difference was the location. Any numbness anywhere is something that needs to be checked out very quickly.

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Answer 5

Usually numbness occurs if you have really bad diabetes.
Urinating alot, being light headed alot. There are just so many symptoms that go with being diabetic.
The best thing is to go and have your blood tested. That is the ONLY way to find out for sure.
Eating healthy and exercising can help control diabetes more then anything else including medication.

My mother is a very, very bad diabetic. She takes two different types of insulin daily, and two different types of pills daily for hers. She passes out on me sometimes in the store, outside, any given time. I can usually look at her and tell when this is going to happen because her eyes get real milky, glassy looking, and her face turns real pale.
My father is also a diabetic, but not nearly as badly as my mom. He takes medication in pill form for his.
Now as for me...........I have been tested several times since it runs in my family so rampidly and I have no signs of being a diabetic at all.
I keep my weight down and try to watch what I eat.
But that does not mean that as I get older that I will not develop diabetes.

Like I said.........keeping your weight down, eating healthy and exercises is the best thing to control your diabetes.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Numbness can occur in diabetics because of poor circulation or poor circulation in a person who is not diabetic as well.

Any time you experience reoccuring numbness you should see your Dr. as it may be a sign of a more complicated problem.

Answer 8

Diabetics frequently get peripheral neuropathies, which is numbness in the hands and feet. However, the symptoms you describe could be attributed to many other causes.

If you are concerned about diabetes, see a doctor and have your sugar checked. A simple screening test is to check for sugar in the urine.

If you are concerned about the numbness, again, see your doctor.

Answer 9

Sounds like hyperventilation. Long term diabetics get numbness in feet, but it is not an early symptom.

Answer 10

Doctor's will diagnose diabetes, not people on yahoo answer's. If you do some research online and find that numbness is a precursor to diabetes, I would make an appointment with your doctor immediately so he can make a proper diagnosis.