What are Symptoms of Diabetes?

What are symptoms of diabetes?

Unfortunately not many people realize that they have diabetes until they check their blood glucose levels.

Unfortunately early symptoms of diabetes seem harmless. Whereas diabetes is a serious matter that causing serious health complications. That's why we must be more aware to what our body tries to tell.

Considering diabetes can affect both children and adults, early detection of the development of diabetes can decrease the chance to develop the complications.

Below are common symptoms of diabetes, although it can vary from one person to another;

- Increasing feeling of thirst, although you've drunk more fluid but still feel you need more.

- Increasing feeling of hunger

- Increasing frequency of urination both in the day and night

- Feeling very exhausted.

- Lack of energy.

- Weight loss.

- Dizzy

- Blurred vision or eyesight problems

- Pain in abdominal area

- Sores that do not seem to heal, such as spots, boils or skin infection.

- Tingling/numbness in the hands and feet.

If you concern and notice the existence of the above symptoms, immediately talk to your doctor or other health care provider. Usually, you're recommended to do some diabetes test.

Diabetes test may include blood test (Fasting Blood Sugar Levels and Postprandial Blood Sugar Levels).