Recognizing diabetes signs is very important. This will help you have a suitable treatment plan and prevent dangerous complications. There are signs that can help you detect diabetes as follows:
1. Thirsty
If you are always thirsty, it is not ruled out that you have diabetes. Because when you have this disease, the blood sugar level will be higher than normal. At this time, the body will automatically perform a mechanism to separate water from cells, then pump it into the blood to dilute excess sugar.
And of course, this process will cause cells to become dehydrated, dehydrated. Therefore, even after just drinking water or drinking water continuously throughout the day, you still always feel dry mouth and thirst.
2. Frequent urination
Another simple way to detect diabetes is to increase the number of urinations, directly proportional to the number of water drinks. The cause is believed to be that you drink a lot of water, plus the process of excreting excess sugar from the body. This makes the kidneys always function "at full capacity", and you will urinate more often.
3. Unexplained weight loss
If you are still on a normal diet and lifestyle, but you lose weight for unknown reasons, it may be due to diabetes. This happens when too much glucose is excreted through urine. On the other hand, the body cannot convert food into energy, so it must take energy from fat and muscle.
This prolonged condition will cause fat loss and weight loss is inevitable. In general, in all cases of unexplained weight loss, you need to have a general health check-up to find the cause and have a treatment method.
4. Hunger and fatigue
Similar to weight loss, hunger and weakness can be caused by the body having difficulty metabolizing energy and absorbing nutrients. A body that does not have enough energy will make you always tired and weak. Poor nutrient absorption makes you always feel hungry and craving food.
5. Vision impairment
One of the complications of diabetes is reduced vision and causes eye diseases. If you suddenly cannot see clearly, have painful eyes for no reason, it is likely that you have diabetes.
6. Immunodeficiency, weak resistance
When you have diabetes, the immune system is weakened, causing resistance to weaken. At this time, the body is very susceptible to infection and itching. Especially in the private area, this condition will occur more often.
In parallel, other ways to detect diabetes such as numbness in limbs, itchy sensation like ants crawling...
To reduce the risk of diabetes, you can refer to and apply the following measures:
Lose weight, do not let your body be overweight or obese, especially obese in the abdomen.
Spend at least 30 minutes each day exercising and exercising lightly.
Ensure a nutritious, scientific and healthy diet, increase green vegetables and fruits, stay away from fast food, processed foods, and greasy fried foods.
Starting from age 45 onwards, diabetes screening should be done every 3 years. For overweight, obese people or people in families with blood relatives with diabetes, screening can be performed earlier as recommended by a doctor.
