What are the signs and symptoms of diabetes?What tests are used to diagnose diabetes?

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Gluclose toralence test is used to determine if you have diabetes and and at what level.

Diabetes often goes undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless.

Some diabetes symptoms include:

Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Extreme hunger
Unusual weight loss
Increased fatigue
Irritability
Blurry vision
Although doctors and patients alike tend to group all patients with diabetes together, the truth is that there are two different types of diabetes which are similar in their elevated blood sugar, but different in many other ways. Throughout the remainder of these web pages we will be referring to the different types of diabetes when appropriate, but when the topic pertains to both types of diabetes we will use the general term "diabetes".

Diabetes is correctly divided into two major subgroups: Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. This division is based upon whether the blood sugar problem is caused by insulin deficiency (Type 1) or insulin resistance (Type 2). Insulin deficiency means there is not enough insulin being made by the pancreas due to a malfunction of their insulin producing cells. Insulin resistance occurs when there is plenty of insulin made by the pancreas (it is functioning normally and making plenty of insulin) but the cells of the body are resistant to it's action which results in the blood sugar being too high.

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Symptoms (just a few) - chronically tired, dizziness, blackouts, anxiety.

Diagnosis - blood tests.

numbness in extremities, temporary blindness

You can have your blood sugar tested easily, but a more exhaustive test includes triglycerides, sugar tolerance test, etc.
See your doctor if you are overweight and/or get little exercise

The signs and symptoms accompanied by diabetes is low BP, increased heart rate, chils, weakness, pale clammy skin, etc..

They perform blood test for diabetes and also ask you to drink an orange drink to determine if you present any signs of diabetes. They also take your blood sugar level with a glucometer.

A good indicator would be testing your blood sugar throughout the day. The normal range is 70-110. If your blood sugar is continuously high, what will happen is small blood suagr crystals can build up in your blood, which leads to lack of circulation, loss of eye sight, loss of limbs, increased risk for infections and wounds. A good test is called a Hemoglobin A1C test known as HGBA1C. This test measures the build up of the blood crystals in your blood over the past three months. A lot of Doctor's use this test to diagnose Diabeties Mellitus type 2.

Hope that helped. I'm a Licenced Dietetic Technician for the State of Maine. For further questions, feel free to e-mail me directly at lizbabe01@yahoo.com. I also work in largest hospital in the state.

always hungry, loss of weight, unquenchable thirst, increased urination, waking up to pee, loss of energy. a simple blood glucose test and a keytone test is all that is needed. for the keytone test, all you need to do is urinate onto a little keytone strip. for the blood sugar test, you need to get a drop of blood and have it inserted into a little machine. generaly, you should have less than 5 keytones in your urine. if your blood sugar is over 120, go see a doctor.

Symptoms include excessive thirst, urinating frequently, dry mouth and eyes, loosing weight for type 1, and gaining weight for type 2.

Blood tests like a basic blood sugar finger poke or your blood insulin levels for a type 2. There is a test to find antibodies for type 1 diabetics, but I don't know the name of it.

some of the signs and symptoms of diabetes are excessive hunger, thirst and urination. Some other signs are irritability, feeling shaky, fruity odor in mouth. Several tests to diagnose diabetes are blood test called Fasting Blood sugar, urine test can detect sugar as well, a three hour glucose tolerance test, and an HGBA1c test, this particular test shows how your sugar has been over a course of three months.

For me, I was very thirsty. I would drink a gallon of water in an evening. At my physical, all they did was take blood and my sugar (glucose) level was way up.

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