After a night of getting enough sleep, the body is still tired, thirsty or constantly wants to urinate can be considered normal symptoms. However, if these symptoms appear frequently, especially in people at risk of diabetes, this may be a sign that blood sugar is abnormal and needs to be checked.
Typical manifestations of diabetes include "three more and one less": drinking a lot, eating a lot, urinating a lot and losing weight. In addition, patients may experience fatigue, reduced energy, blurred vision or slow-healing wounds, and these manifestations are easily mistaken for fatigue or common health problems.
If you often wake up in the morning feeling very thirst, dry mouth even though you did not exercise vigorously or drank a little water the night before, patients should pay attention.
When blood sugar is high, excess glucose can be excreted through urine, leading to water and dehydration. This condition can form a loop: more urination, more dehydration and increased thirst.
Doctor Vuong The Dong, Dong Truc Mon Hospital under Beijing University of Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy, said that diabetes is often manifested by thirst and frequent urination along with eating a lot and weight loss.
Another sign to note is that you often have to wake up at night to urinate, then you still feel like you want to urinate a lot in the morning.
This condition does not necessarily mean high blood sugar because it may be related to drinking a lot of water before bed, caffeine, diuretics or urinary tract diseases. However, if frequent urination is accompanied by thirst, fatigue or unintentional weight loss, patients should check blood sugar.
Increased urine levels can occur in people with diabetes due to high blood sugar causing permeable diuretics.
Feelings of fatigue and lack of energy immediately after waking up should not be ignored if prolonged.
Fatigue and energy loss are one of the manifestations that can occur in people with diabetes. When the body does not use glucose effectively, patients may feel energy deprivation even after resting.
However, the above three signs are not enough to identify a person with diabetes. Many cases of early-stage type 2 diabetes are almost asymptomatic.
Prof. Dr. Vuong Chap Le, a diabetes expert, said that the disease often starts silently and early detection is important in controlling the disease as well as preventing complications. He recommends that high-risk groups should proactively check their blood sugar instead of waiting for clear symptoms to appear.
People who regularly have the above symptoms, especially when accompanied by overweight, obesity, family history of diabetes, high blood pressure or dyslipidemia, should go for examination and check blood sugar on an empty stomach, HbA1c as prescribed. Do not self-medicate with hypoglycemic drugs or apply fasting to control blood sugar.
