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Many of symptoms of Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes are very similar.
There is too much glucose in the blood and not enough in the cells of your body at both cases.
Very high glucose levels in Type I diabetes are due to lack of insulin, because it producing cells that have been destroyed.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when your bodys cells become very resistant to insulin that is being produced inside your body.
At any way, your cells not getting glucose that they need. Also your body let you know by giving you these signs and symptoms :
* Unquenchable Thirst
* Frequent trips to bathroom
* Losing weight (but you not exercising for it!)
* Weakness and Fatigue
* Tingling and/or Numbness in your legs, feets and/or hands.
* Blurred visions.
* Skin that is dry and/or itchy.
* Frequent infections and/or cuts and bruises that take a long time to heal are signs that something is amiss.
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Posted by Janet Smith at 14-Jan-2009 13:30.
The World Health Organization estimates that there are between 100 and 120 million people with diabetes worldwide. If you have any remote thought that you may have diabetes, be tested or see your physician immediately.
In the United States 20 million people have diabetes:
Eight million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, and a new case is diagnosed every minute.
Another eight million have the disease but are undiagnosed.
Diabetes significantly increases an individual’s chance of premature death and often changes his lifestyle dramatically -- yet half of all Americans with diabetes do not know they have the disease.
Early detection and treatment reduces the likelihood of complications, so if you are exhibiting the diabetic symptoms discussed on this page, talk to your doctor immediately.
Type 1 diabetes signs include:
• frequent urination
• unusual thirst
• extreme hunger
• unusual weight loss
• irritability
What Causes Diabetic Symptoms?
Diabetic signs appear because of the body's inability to use the sugar in the bloodstream to fuel cells. Without insulin, sugar remains in the blood where the kidneys eventually try to filter it out and recycle it for later use. When sugar levels become excessive, the kidneys are unable to filter it all and it spills into the urine, taking water with it. If left untreated, the body begins to burn stored fat for energy, resulting in weight loss and hunger and some potentially fatal metabolic disturbances.
Diabetes Risk Factors
If you're a first degree relative (sibling or child) of someone with Type 1 diabetes you are at greater risk for developing insulin dependent diabetes. Also, People who fall into any of the following categories are at greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes:
Over age 45
Family history of diabetes
Overweight
Insufficient exercise
Particular racial or ethnic groups (African Americans, Latinos, Asians and Pacific Islanders, Native Americans)
Women who have had gestational diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes signs* include:
Any of the Type 1 diabetes signs
Frequent infections
Blurred vision
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