Does my husband have diabetes?

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My husband has bouts of symptoms where he feels really sore and worn out. We think he may have diabetes but we haven't gone to the doctor yet because first we wanted to wait until after Christmas is over with and I wanted to ask you all your opinion.
We think it could be because he eats ALOT of sugar. My husband loves sugar, ice cream and candy and will eat a ton of it. Then approx 1-2 times a month he gets "Sick" where he feels worn out and says his muscles feel sore. He isn't working out or doing anything to make him sore or worn out. Could this be a sign of him having diabetes? Should we see a doctor and start with a regular physical or what? Thank you for your answers!!!

My husband is 36 works out alot (running) is 5'9 and weighs just 160lbs. He had admitted to having the following symptoms: Increased Fatigue and/or feeling "sick" with sore muscles & worn out feeling, frequent urination, excessive thirst for water, maybe blurry vision sometimes, DIARRHEA, bruises that won't heal, drained and run down feeling like he just worked out but really he hasn't done anything except maybe eat too many sweets! And he does eat alot more than most people do. (The symptoms only occur about once or twice a month and varies for how long they occur. Usually he stops eating/craving sweets during that time so he eventually 3-4 days later starts back to feeling normal. Also, he doesn't get ALL of the symptoms listed at the same time, only a few together.)

Answer 1

Its a common misconception that eating too much sugar causes diabetes IT DOES NOT. But obesity can. If your hubby is overweight he is at risk. If hes drinking a lot of fluid, peeing for his national team and very tired it could be diabetes and he needs to be tested x
PS Weight loss is NOT a symptom of late onset (type 2) diabetes, its a symptom of type 1 diabetes!!!!

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Yes you can feel really worn out and not feel right all over due to diabetes. You say your husband goes through times of craving sugary things-that's another sign. Make that doctors appointment today. I am a diabetic and just had my medicines changed due to high blood sugars and just feeling tired all the time with weight gain and not eating alot. Now I really feel good. Your husband will not have to do without holiday meals. All he would have to do is adjust his diet plan on the day of a holiday meal. Once you get the hang of it he could do this by memory. See the doctor and good luck. You can live well with this. It's not a curse! It just happens.

Answer 6

The early signs of diabtes are gradual and can easily be overlooked. These include fatigue, feeling ill, excessive thirst (polydipsia), excessive hunger (polyphagia), frequent urination especially during the night (polyuria), blurred vision, sudden weight loss, pain in the abdomen and lower back, slow healing wounds of the skin and gums, slow healing infections and frequent UTIs. You have mentioned 2 out of 11 listed.

The sugar in ice cream and candy is a simple carbohydrate that is quickly metabolized by the body and converted to glucose, approximately an hour. Complex carbohydrates (crackers, breads, pasta) are metabolized more slowly over time. All this glucose ends up in the blood. The purpose of glucose is to provide energy to the cells. The pancreas produces insulin in response to blood glucose levels and insulin facilitates the entry of glucose through the cell wall where it is used to "power" our body cells. The excess glucose is converted to glycogen for storage. It can be converted back to glucose when needed. The problem is that with diabetes the circulating glucose is (generally) resistant to insulin and isn't transported into cells. Or, the demand for insulin exhausts the insulin producing cells of the pancreas. So it remains in the blood. The kind of diabetes you're thinking of is diabetes mellitus type 2 or NIDDM (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus). The biggest risk factors for this are diet, lifestyle and obesity, especially central obesity - spare tire. This is quite enough information to start with.

That your husband eats a lot of sugar and sometimes feels ill and tired doesn't necessarily mean that he has diabetes or is pre-diabetic. Your instincts are correct. You should start with his primary care provider and get the full physical to rule out other causes for his symptoms.

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The most common symptoms of diabetes is weight loss, frequent urination, and incredible thirst. He should have a check up but it could also be a carbohydrate overload. If I eat a lot of chocolate at once or a large bowl of chocolate ice cream, I get so tired I have to have a nap. The same happens if I have a bagel in the morning, I get so sleepy that I can't hardly hold my head up and if that happens at work, I am actually contemplating to sit in a corner of the washroom and take a nap. Obviously I stopped eating carbs in the morning and stick with fruit and yogurt. Staying away from carbs over Christmas will be impossible, but after he should just leave most carbs of the diet, white bread, rice and cookies, chocolate, ice cream,beer, wine, hard booze etc and see how he feels.

However he should have a physical anyway just to make sure

Answer 8

The symptoms of diabetes include excessive urination, excessive thirst, losing weight, feeling tired. Eating all that sugar would put him more at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. If it really concerns you and you want to rule out diabetes, see a physician.

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