Diabetes Symptoms
2 Main Features Associated with Diabetes.

Diabetes Symptoms and Senior health

It is important for you to be aware of signs and diabetes symptoms yourself. First and foremost go by how you feel. If you feel ill, if a part of your health has changed, or if you are unusually tired or thirsty, and so on.

Many degenerative diseases can be traced back to endocrine system failure (e.g. insulin-resistant diabetes), so symptoms may be similar and awareness of them should indicate further investigation.Lack of essential nutrients mean the body cannot cope with metabolic consequences of everyday modern environmental, nutritional or chemical toxins, leading to other health problems.

In recent years underlying Diabetes Symptoms of undiagnosed or mismanaged diabetes have become widely ignored in favour of being treated / suppressed as conditions in their own right (e.g. heart disease and high blood pressure are symptoms and warnings of conditions like diabetes).

Hyper-/Hypoglycaemia
There are of course 2 main features associated with diabetes.

Hyperglycaemia is an excessively high level of glucose in the blood, a feature of untreated or inadequately managed diabetes.

Symptoms that indicate a state of hyperglycemia, and a requirement for further investigation into the current diabetic management regime, include:

* Excessive thirst and urination, as the excess sugar in your blood increases urine production.
* Blurred vision, as high blood sugar levels lead to fluid build-up in the lens.
* Weight loss, as your body burns fat for energy when it can’t process glucose.
* Increased and/or unexplained fatigue, as your cells have no glucose to burn.
* Increased hunger, as your body senses the lack of glucose.
* Tingling or numbness in hands or feet, as high blood sugar levels damage or irritate the nerves.
* Sexual problems, as high blood sugar causes impotence and changes in lubrication, and
* Skin infections and unhealed wounds, as high blood sugar causes the immune system to work poorly.

Hypoglycaemia on the other hand is the opposite of this…indicating too low a level of glucose in the blood. This occurs when a diabetic has injected too much insulin, eaten too little food, or has exercised without extra food.

Symptoms of hypoglycaemia are split into 2 categories…Adrenergic and neurological….

Adrenergic symptoms include sweating, palpitations, nervousness and hunger, and are actually helpful signs as they are the first indications that your blood sugar levels have dropped below 60mg/dL, and that you need to immediately eat or drink something to raise your blood sugar immediately.

Neurological symptoms include headaches, lack of coordination, double vision, numbness, confusion and speech problems, and indicate that your blood sugar has dropped below 40mg/dL. Such neurological symptoms are often not noticed by the patient as they are already too confused to deal with them, therefore theseare potentially dangerous signs and needs to be treated with emergency.

Hypoglycaemia can occur even in people that try to manage their medications carefully. It can be helped by better insulin management if this is relevant, or by changes of medication if they are the cause (e.g. oral sulfonylureas, Prandin and Starlix can all cause hypoglycaemia).

Without treatment hypoglycaemia can lead to seizures, coma and, in severe cases, brain damage and potential death. Some patients are trained to give themselves glucagon injections (to raise blood glucose levels rapidly) as well as insulin injections, in case of emergency.

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