what are the symptoms of diabetes?

Answer 1

Feeling thirsty.
Having to urinate more than usual.
Feeling more hungry than usual.
Losing weight without trying to.
Feeling very tired.
Feeling cranky.
Other signs of type 2 diabetes may include:

Lots of infections and cuts and bruises that heal slowly.
Blurred vision.
Tingling or numbness in your hands or feet.
Lots of skin, gum, or bladder infections.
Vaginal yeast infections.

Answer 2

Having Diabetes myself, I had frequent urination, fatigue, & constant thirst. Also, I noticed slight tingling in my fingers and feet, although I had had diabetes for a while before it was diagnosed. If you think you may have diabetes, make sure you have a good doctor. After 4 years with Diabetes, I finally found a doctor that really helps me keep it under control by helping me with the struggles, and within my budget, (Blood sugar test strips are very expensive).

Answer 3

Some of the most specific and common early diabetes symptoms are:

- Skin irritation and diseases
- Skin infections
- Poor skin healing
- Athlete’s foot
- Sexual problem
- Unusual vaginal dryness
- Erectile failure (to male patients)
- Premature menopause (to female patients)
- Absence of menstrual periods
- Paresthesias
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Urinary tract infection
- Blurry vision
- Malaise
- Drowsiness
- Numbness of the hands
- Weight loss or weight gain

Other more extreme diabetes symptoms are:

- Excessive urination
- Excessive thirstiness
- Dehydration
- Weight loss even with an increased appetite
- Tiredness, fatigue, nausea, and vomiting
- Excessive hunger
- More bladder, skin and vaginal infections
- Serious blurry vision
- Headache
- Muscle aches, weakness and cramps
- Acne
- Increased sexual problems because of erectile failure for men, and vaginal dryness for women
- Cessation of menstrual periods

Other diabetes symptoms:

- Gums are bleeding
- Unusual noise or buzzing in the ear
- Feet numbness or tingling
- Skin itching
- Diarrhea
- Confusion
- Depression

Answer 4

Weight loss, excessive thirst, urinating more frequently, increased infections such as thrush, etc. Feeling tired all the time and having little energy to do anything. If you think you may have diabetes, take a urine sample in when you go to see your doctor. A simple test on this can determine if you have diabetes, followed up by a blood test to fully confirm it. Good luck

Answer 5

The two most common are slow wound healing and excessive thirst. I had diabetes when I was pregnant with my daughter and I knew it before I even had the test, because I was sooooo thirsty all the time. I remember standing at a public drinking fountain in a department store and I was there so long a line formed behind me! I even dreamed of drinking water. Also, I remember one day in the shower noticing a cut on my leg and thinking that it should have been gone by then (two weeks). I definitely knew before I even took the test that I had it.

Answer 6

Increased thirst, frequent urination--having to go to the bathroom a lot, blurred vision, weight loss,--there are a few. Check out the American Diabetes Association website or WebMD!

Answer 7

Diabetes is marked by the inability to manufacture or properly use insulin, and impairs the body's ability to convert sugars, starches into energy. The long-term effects of elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia) are damaging to the feet as well as the eyes, heart, kidneys, nerves and blood vessels. Symptoms can start with thrist, increased urination, weight gain, tiredness, problems with eyes, numbness or tingling in toes.

Answer 8

Symptoms of Diabetes
Type I
constant thirst
severe fatigue
increased urination
increased appetite
weight loss
blurred vision
vomiting

Type II
increased thirst
fatigue
frequent urination
slow-healing wounds
weight loss
blurred vision
increased infections
impotence

Answer 9

Cranky. Thirsty.. a lot. Loosing weight. Frequent urination Extreme hunger Increased fatigue Irritability

Answer 10

The classical triad of diabetes symptoms is polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst and consequent increased fluid intake), polyphagia (increased appetite). Weight loss may occur. These symptoms may develop quite fast in type 1, particularly in children (weeks or months) but may be subtle or completely absent—as well as developing much more slowly—in type 2. In type 1 there may also be weight loss (despite normal or increased eating) and irreducible fatigue. These symptoms may also manifest in type 2 diabetes in patients whose diabetes is poorly controlled.

When the glucose concentration in the blood is high (ie, above the "renal threshold"), reabsorption of glucose in the proximal renal tubuli is incomplete, and part of the glucose remains in the urine (glycosuria). This increases the osmotic pressure of the urine and thus inhibits the resorption of water by the kidney, resulting in an increased urine producton (polyuria) and an increased fluid loss. Lost blood volume will be replaced osmotically from water held in body cells, causing dehydration and increase thirst.

Prolonged high blood glucose causes glucose absorption and so shape changes in the shape of the lens in the eye, leading to vision changes. Blurred vision is a common complaint leading to a diabetes diagnosis; Type 1 should always be suspected in cases of rapid vision change. Type 2 is generally more gradual, but should still be suspected.

Patients (usually with type 1 diabetes) may also present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an extreme state of metabolic dysregulation eventually characterized by the smell of acetone on the patient's breath, Kussmaul breathing (a rapid, deep breathing), polyuria, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, and any of many altered states of consciousness or arousal (e.g., hostility and mania or, equally, confusion and lethargy). In severe DKA, coma (unconsciousness) may follow, progressing to death.. In any form, DKA is a medical emergency and requires expert attention.

A rarer, but equally severe, possibility is hyperosmolar nonketotic state, which is more common in type 2 diabetes, and is mainly the result of dehydration due to loss of body water. Often, the patient has been drinking extreme amounts of sugar-containing drinks, leading to a vicious circle in regard to the water loss.