How do u now if ur diabetic?
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Do You Have Diabetes?
Millions of people have diabetes mellitus, commonly called diabetes. You may be surprised to know that many of these people don’t even know they have it.
Diabetes is a serious disease and should not be ignored. If you have it, correct treatment can help you live a long and healthy life.
What Is Diabetes?
If you have diabetes, your body can’t make or use insulin. Insulin helps change sugar into energy to keep you alive.
There are different kinds of diabetes. The main ones are type 1 and type 2.
Type 1 Diabetes
This type of diabetes is mostly found in children and young adults. If you have type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin and you must inject insulin daily.
You May:
urinate often
be very thirsty
be very hungry
lose a lot of weight
be very tired
be irritable
have blurred vision
have trouble seeing.
Type 2 Diabetes
Most people with diabetes have this form of the disease. Type 2 is usually found in people over 45, who have diabetes in their family, who are overweight, who don’t exercise, and who have cholesterol problems. It is also common in certain racial and ethnic groups (blacks, American Indians, and Hispanics) and in women who had diabetes when they were pregnant. If you have type 2 diabetes, your body cannot make enough insulin or correctly use it. Treatment is diabetes pills and sometimes insulin injections, as well as diet and exercise.
You May Have:
any of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes
a lot of infections
cuts or bruises that heal slowly
tingling or numbness in the hands or feet
skin, gum, or bladder infections that keep coming back.
Controlling Diabetes
Daily monitoring and careful control of blood sugar levels are the most important steps to take for people with diabetes. If not treated, diabetes can cause:
High blood sugar (which could make you thirsty, tired, lose weight, urinate often, or give you infections that won’t go away)
Many serious health problems (which could hurt your eyes, kidneys, nerves, or heart).
Warning: Low Blood Sugar
People with diabetes may develop low blood sugar because their blood has too much insulin or other blood sugar-lowering medication or from not eating enough food. It is important to follow the eating and medication schedule your doctor has prescribed to avoid low blood sugar.
Low blood sugar could make you shaky, dizzy, sweaty, hungry, have a headache, have pale skin color, have sudden mood or behavior changes, have clumsy or jerky movements, have difficulty paying attention, feel confused, or have tingling sensations around the mouth.
Taking Care of Your Diabetes
The best way to take care of your diabetes is to make sure the levels or amount of sugar in your blood are near the normal range. This will make you feel better and help you stay healthy.
Your doctor will tell you how often to check your blood sugar level. To do this, you will need to take a drop of your blood and place it on a special test strip. Then a device, called a blood glucose meter, reads the strip. This device measures the amount of sugar in your blood.
Writing down this level, along with the time and date, will help you see how well your treatment plan is working.
Remember:
A person’s blood sugar level rises after eating any meal that contains carbohydrates or protein. Table sugar (also called ?sucrose) counts as a carbohydrate. Artificial sweeteners, such as saccharin, aspartame (NutraSweet), and sucralose (Splenda), do not count as carbohydrates or fats. They make food taste sweet. But they do not raise blood sugar levels and have little or no calories.
What Else Can You Do?
Eat well-balanced meals. The right amount of healthy food will keep your weight under control and help manage your diabetes.
Your body needs food from the four main food groups every day:
Fruits and vegetables (oranges, apples, bananas, carrots, and spinach)
Whole grains, cereals, and bread (wheat, rice, oats, bran, and barley)
Dairy products (milk, cheese, and yogurt)
Meats, fish, poultry, eggs, dried beans, and nuts.
Remember:
Too much fat and cholesterol in your diet can be very harmful to people with diabetes. Food that is high in fat includes red meat, dairy products (whole milk, cream, cheese, and ice cream), egg yolks, butter, salad dressings, vegetable oils, and many desserts.
Can You Do Anything Else?
Exercise is important for good diabetes control. It usually lowers blood sugar and may help insulin work better. Exercise and a healthy diet can also help you take off extra pounds if you are overweight.
Warning:
Check with your doctor before starting any exercise program. You may need a snack before or during the activity to avoid having low blood sugar while you exercise.
The only way to know for sure is to go to the doc and have them do blood tests. The disease has many symptoms but diagnosing yourself doesn't work because they are symptoms that can be cause by many other things.
you can get a simple test kit at the chemist if you do not want to go to doctor. If you are tired and thirsty, or eyes are blurry can be symptoms. (these symptoms can also apply to other causes) just read article in Dail Mail that a study has been done to show that diabetics have less vitamin B1 in their bodies because their kidneys eliminate this from the body more quickly. Diet alone does not supply enough for those who actually are diabetic.
Do you think you have diabetes now?
goggle it sometimes you have no symptoms till you crash or have a event. type 2 is onset adult.
should be part of a physical every year
there is an epidemic in this country of obesity and type 2........
There are some symptoms, like being thirsty all the time.
If you know someone who is diabetic, he or she will have a blood glucose meter and would be able to test you. That's the cheapest/easiest/most painless way, at least for starters. This can rule out diabetes, but if you have high blood sugar, then you should go to the doctor for more tests.
Interesting trivia you didn't ask for: The full name of diabetes is diabetes melitus. 'Mellitus' means 'sweet', it's from the Greek word meaning 'honey', and it's related to the girl's name Melissa. Diabetics have sugar in their urine. In the old days they used to diagnose it by tasting the urine! 8^P
Symptoms include excessive thirst and/or urination, tiredness, skin ulcers. + Family History.
Don't waste time going to the chemist to do a test. If its positive they'll just tell you to see a doctor; and if its negative they'll tell you to see a doctor to discuss your symptoms! Urine sample can be done by your dr or nurse while you're there. Blood test should be done when you have fasted to get an accurate result, or could be Glucose Tolerance Test (fasting blood test, drink or eat sugary substance, upto 2 hours later 2nd blood test) this will pick up not only diabetes but also Impaired Glucose Tolerance. See your dr asap. If diabetes is left uncontrolled there's more risk of damage to kidneys, eyesight etc
Simple diagnosis of diabetes is a high level of sugar in your blood or urine. Your local chemist offer easy testing for this. Especially Lloyds Chemists.
Mine was picked up in a routime medical exam. I had excess sugar in my urine so the dopc sent me to the hospital for a blood test and it was confirmed. prior to that I had none of the regular symptoms associated with diabetes.
The usual signs are tiredness, increased thirst and going for a pee more often. Most pharmacies offer a free simple blood test to check the level of glucose in your bloodstream.
Frequent urination, Excessive thirst, Extreme hunger, Unusual, weight loss. Increased fatigue, Irritability, Blurry vision are some of the sypmtoms, but the only way to find out if you truly have it is to have a blood test done by your doctor because some sypmtoms you won't even exhibit.
The best way to find out is have an urine test made.
To make a long story short the best symptoms are : thirst, need to wee very often, lack of energy, very sleepy..
don't assume you have it until you see the doctor or go and speak with a chemist.
symptoms are sweating, thirsty, extreme tired, lack of get up and go also. there are so many things. check blood sugar and get to doctor.
Get a blood sugar test 2 hours after eating. If it's over 160, stop eating sugar.
Go To You Doctor Or Practise Nurse For A Simple Blood Test It Will Take About 2 Minutes. Do not Use Someone
Else's Meter As You Could Get Blood Infections, Mr KNOWITALL
the most common signs are thirsty all the time, very tired, you feel like sweets are part of your life, and your vision may start to be blurry.
can you go to the drug store and buy some.... keto sticks.you peee on one.... and it tells you if your blood sugar is high..ask the druggist (pharmacists) that works there they can help you and some time I think they know more then the doctor knows..
if you are worried go to see your doctor he will send you for a starvation blood test (no food or drink for 24 before you can only drink water) if it is positive you could be like my husband who is diet alone he does not have to take tablets or inject insulin
Well i have diabetes and before i was diagnosed i had the follwing symptons
Sleepiness and drowsyness
Constant needing to go to the toilet
Drastic Weight loss
Thirst
Dry mouth
Sweating
I even think i started to hallusinate but that cuz mine was past a certain stage (really bad lol)
well if you think you have diabetes go to the doctor and ask for a blood test. If they don't do anything go to Aand E
Doctors will not test you unless your displaying the symptoms.
Weeing alot, sleeping alot, very thirsty, loss of appetite and weight loss. Even sweating and dizziness.
My husband is type 1 diabetic has been since 5yrs old and my kids might have to be tested too so i have to look out for signs but drs will not test them until displaying the signs. Plus ive had to learn the ins and outs of diabetes so my husband can control it well.
there are a few symptoms to look for. Increase in passing urine. recurrent thrush, lethargy. think about family history, weight life style. See gp for glucose tolerance test.
Please read the following site that exclusively deals with diabetics. I have seen a lot of useful information.
if you drink alot of water . go to the bathroom alot. You get dizzy. weak. and ur get hungry. and u have headaches. go to the doctor and get ur bg checked and if it is over 150 u m,ay want to get tested for diabetes.
Type 2 is different , that is weight enduced. But still type 2 can be prevented and type 1 is genetic and if u don't yet have it it can be brought out by : the chicken pox, the flu, a cold. anything that causes ur immune system to weaken. U can go the doctors and just ask them to test ur sugar or u can by one at ur local drugstor and test yourself or if u have a fdamily member with a meter then ask to borrrow theres or have them check ur bg for you.
hopefully you don't have diabetes because that means ur pancrease doesn't owrk and u will need to injecyt ursself with needled everyday and it is painful. so yea have ance day. hopefully u don't have it but if u do good luck.
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