how to know you have diabetes?

[sarienbarry]

Diabetes most of the time goes undiagnosed because of its seemingly harmless symptoms. Sometimes there are no symptoms at all. But the early detection of diabetes symptoms and treatment can decrease the chances of developing the complications of diabetes. Basically, there are three major types of diabetes.

1) Type 1 diabetes
2) Type 2 diabetes
3) Gestational diabetes

Each type of diabetes has its own kind of signs and symptoms. Here are some general or most common sign and symptoms of diabetes:

a) Frequent urination
b) Excessive thirst
c) Irritability
d) Blurred vision
e) Extreme unexplained fatigue
f) Weight loss

g) Increased hunger
h) Frequent skin, bladder or gum infections
i) Irritability
j) Tingling or numbness in hands or feet
k) Slow healing of wounds

The symptoms of type 1 diabetes, symptoms of type 2 diabetes and symptoms of gestational diabetes are not poles apart from one another. There exists some sort of similarity among all of them. Therefore, keep a check!

[bodyshop20]

Well thats nice info, I think im diabetic now lol.
I suggest anyone who even thinks they have diabetic disorders should simply go see GP, So if anyone here has these symptoms run along to see Doc

With polyuria and constant thirst or either rapid/unexplained weight loss or gain...get a glucose tolerance test. This is how the diagnosis is made.

I work on an indian reservation and the "normal" blood sugar there is about 200mg/dl and have given D50 for blood sugars as high as 100 because it was too low for them to function. Usually, nothing above 60 needs to be treated at all. But in places where there is a genetic predispositon to be unable to process sugars, diabetes is an epidemic.

[Jaster]

I'm T2. They found mine in a blood test. It runs deep in my family on both sides, So they tested me every year for a while now.
As most of this board's regualrs know I was in a funk for a while and didn't hit the gym like I used to and that is when T2 reared it's ugly head.
Now that I am in the gym and eatting right my numbers are non-Diabetic.
I am back in good shape again and in the gym more then 3 times a week.
I am in my 40's and now feel better then I did when I was in my 20's