10 Common Symptoms Of Diabetes Mellitus
Author: Armughan Riaz

Diabetes is a condition of Hyperglycemia ( Increase level of
Glucose in Blood). Most of the times Diabetes is asymptomatic,
however It is very important to diagnose diabetes as early as
possible to prevent early and late complications of Diabetes.
This is only possible, if you have some knowledge about common
symptoms (often misspelled as "symtoms") of Diabetes Mellitus.

Glucose is an important source of energy for cells of our body.
Glucose enters the cells and metabolized to provide energy. How
does glucose enter in cells? It enters the cells with help of
Insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by Pancreas. Suppose
there is no insulin, or insulin production is decreased.
Obviously, Glucose level in blood will increase and we will
have a condition what we call as Diabetes Mellitus.

There are many symptoms of diabetes but we will focus here on
most common symptoms of Diabetes.Here is list of these
symptoms.

Increase Thurst
Frequent urination
Fatigue and weakness
Blurred vision
Abdominal pains
Nausea and vomiting
Weight loss or gain
Skin infections like abscess, pimples
Impotence
Fluid retention (especially in legs and feet)
Chronic itching
Poor healing of skin wounds
Decreased tolerance to cold
Increase heart rate
Dry scaly skin
Numbness of fingers and toes
Extreme hunger pangs
Hot and sweaty with clammy perspiration
Heart tremors and palpitations
Apprehensive with no obvious reason
Nervousness
Disoriented, confused, inability to concentrate
Frequent headaches, dizziness
Mood changes

How will we relate these symptoms with Diabetes. Remember, most
of symptoms are directly related to higher levels of Glucose in
Blood.

Increase Thurst and Urination:
Two symptoms that occur in many people with the disease are
increased thirst and frequent urination.Increase level of
glucose in blood leads to increase excretion of glucose by
Kidneys. Glucose will take more and more water with it, so
diabetic patient will have frequent urination which will lead
to increase thurst. To quench your thirst, you drink a lot of
water and other beverages, and that leads to more frequent
urination. There is another condition Diabetes Insipidus,
disease of pituitary gland in brain, where we also see increase
thurst and urination.

Extreme hunger, fatigue and weight loss Extreme hunger:
Fatigue and weight loss are also related with hyperglycemia.
Without insulin like Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, or Decrease
Insulin like Type 2 diabetes, Glucose can not enter in cells
which is main sourse of energy for cells, so cells will lake
this energy and patient will have weight loss and fatigue.

Headaches, dizziness, irritability:
Brain needs a constant supply of energy, if brain cells don't
receive enough energy, we become tired; most tired people tend
to be less tolerant and more irritable!

Dry itchy skin:
Normal skin cells require gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) which our
body makes via a complex metabolic process. In older people and
diabetics, this process is impaired and not enough GLA is
produced; this results is chronic, severely dry and itchy skin
and condition is aggravated by soaps, hot baths, detergents,
environmental conditions; it is usually worse during the winter
months and most commonly affects legs, feet, and hands but can
affect other areas of the body aswell.

Blurred vision Blurred vision:
Well, Diabetes can also affect your eyes aswell. Again cause is
High Glucose Level. High glucose in blood vessels increase
process of atherosclerosis resulting in thickening of blood
vessels. chronically high levels of glucose damage blood
vessels in different organs of the body, usually starting with
the retina of the eye and the kidneys and heart; eventually
some blood vessels are lost and remaining ones become leaky
which allow blood and fat to seep out of damaged blood vessels.
This makes the retina bleed and swell which causes blurred
vision. Over a period of years, however, diabetes can also
cause new blood vessels to form in your retina of eye, as well
as damage old vessels. For most people this causes only mild
vision problems. But for others, the effects may be much more
serious. In some cases, diabetes can also lead to blindness.

Tingling/burning pain in the feet:
Another important symptom of Diabetes. It may be the first
symptom of diabetes. Our hands and feet are supplied by
Neurons, as we said earlier that due to diabetes blood vessels
become thick, similary is the case with neurons, blood supply
to these neurons decreases due to thickening of blood vessels
which leads to degeneration of peripheral nerve fibers
(Neurons) throughout the body which commonly leads to a lack of
feeling in the feet, advances up the legs and then the hands and
is the most common reason for lower limb amputations. It can
also be very painful. If there is Loss of motor nerve fibers it
leads to muscular weakness. If there is loss of sensory nerve
fibers leads to loss of feeling and numbness in hands and feet.
Loss of autonomic fibers cause the loss of functions not
normally under conscious control like digestion, heartbeat,
blood pressure, and sweating. Neuropathy symptoms tingling,
burning, aching, prickling, sharp jabs of needlelike pain can
also be caused by nerves that are damaged or are healing.

Slow-healing sores or frequent infections:
Bacteria love high glucose, Diabetes affects your body's
ability to heal and fight infection. Urinary track infections
and vaginal infections can be a particular problem for women.

Diagnose your diabetes as early as possible to keep yourself
away from complex complications of diabetes Mellitus.


About The Author: Dr.Armughan working as cardilogist in Sialkot
Medical Complex. Also working on following health sites.
http://www.diabetessymptomscure.com
http://www.highbloodpressuremed.com