Symptoms Of Diabetes Onset

This list of symptoms of diabetes onset is an indication that you have high glucose levels your bloodstream and is a metabolism disorder. It can lead to life-threatening conditions such as cardiovascular disease, nerve damage, gangrene (and subsequent amputation), chronic kidney failure and more. For those who aren’t insulin-dependent, the good news is that the disease can be reversed with diet and exercise. Read on, however, to find out if you have the symptoms of this condition so you can stop it dead in its tracks.

1. The frequent need to urinate. This happens because ineffective insulin associated with onset diabetes is unable to filter glucose back to your bloodstream from your kidneys. The kidneys respond by drawing excess amounts of water in attempt to dilute the glucose, making you feel like you need to pee constantly.
2. You’re thirst is unquenchable. This is a sub-symptom of the frequent need to urinate, which dehydrates you and therefore, makes you frequently thirsty.
3. You experience fatigue. The glucose, which is a form of energy, is running rampantly in your bloodstream instead of being given to your cells. This can make you feel weak and tired all the time.
4. Numbness. This or a tingling in the hands and feet can be a symptom of nerve damage from as a result of diabetes, which is due to damage inflicted upon by high blood sugar.
5. Your vision is blurry. This is a diabetic sign of macular degeneration, and if left untreated, can lead to eventual blindness. Again, it is the work of unchecked glucose levels.
6. Dramatic weight loss without trying. Though this is a symptom more associated with type 1 diabetes, onset type 2 diabetics can experience this as well. Because your cells aren’t getting enough glucose to keep you functioning, it starts to draw energy sources from your muscles and fat tissues.
7. You’re hungry all the time. This symptom goes hand in hand with losing weight. If you are still hungry even though you’ve eaten, it’s because your cells are deprived of glucose, which isn’t being properly diverted to them. Therefore, your need to eat will be exacerbated.
8. You can’t sustain an erection. Thirty-five to 75% of men who suffer from erectile dysfunction have onset diabetes or diabetes.  This can be due to nerve damage and high blood sugar associated with the condition.
9. Your wounds are slow to heal. Due to thickening blood vessels, poor circulation can lead to poor wound healing, and high glucose blood levels can impact capabilities of the immune system as well.
10. You frequently feel confused or in a brain fog. Forgetfulness, lethargy, frustration are signs of your brain not getting enough energy from high glucose levels. If these mental states happen more often that not, then it may be a symptom of onset diabetes.