what is it like having diabetes? and how do u know when you get it?
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I created a thread answering this question on another message board recently.  That can be seen here:\n\nhttp://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=24638&t=246909&\n\nBasically, I wear a pump.  It infuses insulin into me continuously, and when I eat, I type in the amount of carbohydrates I am eating so I can get a larger amount of insulin to cover for it.\n\nI test my blood sugar 8-10 times a day.\n\nI have to carry my pump, syringes, extra insulin, meter, and glucose tabs with me all the time in case I go low or high.\n\nI see my doctor for blood work every 3 months of so.  Lately it has been less.
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Some diabetes symptoms include:\n \nFrequent urination \nExcessive thirst \nExtreme hunger \nUnusual weight loss \nIncreased fatigue \nIrritability \nBlurry vision
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Diabetes often goes undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless. Recent studies indicate that the early detection of diabetes symptoms and treatment can decrease the chance of developing the complications of diabetes.\n\nSome diabetes symptoms include:\n\nDiabetes Problem SolverFurther Reading . . .\nPinpoint the danger signs of diabetes-related trouble in 60 seconds or less with The Diabetes Problem Solver. Also, get symptoms, risks, course of action, treatment, and prevention information on a wide array of conditions. Check out more books on healthy living here.\n\n    * Frequent urination\n    * Excessive thirst\n    * Extreme hunger\n    * Unusual weight loss\n    * Increased fatigue\n    * Irritability\n    * Blurry vision
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Well, studies show that if you have 2 or more of this symptoms, you may be diabetic.\n\n- frequent urination.\n- blurring of your eyesight\n- you easily get tired\n- numbness of the fingers and toes\n- wounds that take time to heal, or worst, it doesn’t heal!\n- Severe weight loss\n- frequent itchiness of parts of the body\n\nAnd well, to know if you are at risk of diabetes- here are the factors that could make you diabetic.\n\n-Family history of diabetes\n -Obese\n -High Cholesterol Level\n -Doesn't Exercise Often\n -Habitual Smoker\n -Often stressed out\n -High-blood\n - And for women: If you have given birth to a baby weighing more than 9lbs (4kg.) or have experienced an increase in blood sugar level during pregnancy.
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You should get checked for diabetes.
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when you have diabetes, the kidneys work hard to remove that extra suger form the blood. so you have to urinate more often,and then the body asks for more water by making you more thirsty. so if you feel more thirsty, and urinate more often, then it is  the first sign that you have diabetes.\n\ndrinking more water will let you remove more excess  sugar,and will prevent the dryness in mouth and skin, but it will not reduce the sugar in the blood that you are adding by eating more and more food .\n\nwhat you need to know is  how high is the sugar level in the blood. Then you need to controll the sugar to an acceptable level, by medicine, by reducing food intake, and the exercise.\n\nIt is found that when we have diabetes, our body does not produce insulin. And body muscles can not use up the sugar from the blood just by doing daily routine work and we feel energyless(Lousy).\n\nBut recent studies found that regular exercise and walking at brisk speed( so you breath faster) reduces blood sugar.\n\nBut when you regularly exercise,then the muscles can
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Actually it is a lot more common than you think for people to have diabetes have have no symtoms but high glucose readings.  Please see a doctor for a fasting glucose test which will give you a better look at where you stand.  How high is high?  Do you know what the normal range is?
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Make an appointment with your Dr. as soon as you can.  When you describe your symptoms he will order bloodwork.\n\nThese are possible symptoms of diabetes.  Don't wait!
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Hyperglycemia isn't a "form" of Diabetes, but instead is a symptom of the condition. \nSigns / symptoms of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) include: extreme thirst, frequent urination, dry skin, hunger, blurred vision, drowsiness, and decreased healing. If you haven't yet been diagnosed by your doctor as diabetic and you are expriencing these symptoms, definitely go get checked out. \n\nIf you have already been diagnosed as being a diabetic, check your BG regularly and watch out for high levels. Most information that I have came across has said that anything over 200 for more than 2 days in a row warrants a call to your doctor. I have also been told (by those more educated and experienced than myself) that anything over 300 is cosidered dangerously high and should be a cause for concern (and probably a trip to the ER).
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-Frequent urination, particularly at night, can also be a symptom of diabetes, but this symptom alone would not necessarily suggest the disease either. This symptom would also have to become pretty annoying and recurrent before it would prompt most people to consult a doctor. \n-Unexplained weight loss is another possible sign of diabetes but again, not a significant indication that the individual necessarily has diabetes. In many cases, people who want to lose weight would consider this an unexpected blessing and might not consult their doctor unless they had lost a considerable amount of weight over a period of time. \n-Skin infections, wounds that are slow to heal, particularly sores on the feet and ankles, and recurrent vaginal infections (in women), are signs of possible diabetes that are somewhat more likely to draw attention and result in a diagnosis. \n-Blurred vision and tingling or numbness in the hands or feet are also possible indicators of diabetes, and since these symptoms can be troublesome, are more likely to result in medical attention and diagnosis.
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The symptoms of diabetes are drinking a lot and being very thirty, having sores that are slow to heal, having dry and itchy skin, having blurry eyesight, feeling very tired or hungry,urinating often, losing weight without trying, having a dark velvety rash on your neck, having tingling in your feet, having a high glucose (sugar)level, and having a high urine ketones level. \nThere is alot of useful information on diabetes on these two web sites. And if you yahoo search it you'll get even more helpful website to read about diabetes. Hope i helped to answer your question.
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Dry mouth is the first sign of diabetes.  Are you overweight?  Are you getting good exercise.  Go to a doctor to rule out diabetes.
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Whoa... I can see there is a lot of misunderstanding about diabetes.  The thing you need to know is that there are two types of diabetes.\n\nType 1 Diabetes presents more commonly during early childhood or early puberty but can occur at any age.  Type 1 specifically refers to diabetes resulting from the destruction of insulin-secreting cells in your pancreas.  All Type 1 diabetics require insulin because their body no longer makes it.\n\nType 2 Diabetes presents more commonly in adulthood but can occur at any age and is being seen in younger and younger patients.  Type 2 specifically refers to diabetes resulting from your body's becoming more resistant (or less sensitive) to the insulin that your pancreas produces.  Most patients can be treated with oral medications that improve your body's sensitivity to your endogenous insulin or stimulate more insulin release from your pancreas.  Type 2 diabetics have high levels of insulin circulating unlike Type 1 diabetics.  Some Type 2 diabetics may go on to need insulin if their oral medications are not adequately controlling their sugars; most will be on a combination of insulin and oral meds.\n\nBoth Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are multifactorial.  There are both genetic and environmental factors that lead to the disease.  Therefore, just because one identical twin has diabetes (either kind) does not necessarily mean that the other will get it as well!\n\nPopulation studies have shown that for Type 1 diabetes...\nIf your mom has Type 1 DM - your risk is 1 in 17\nIf your mom has Type 1 DM and had you before age 25 - your risk 1 in 25\nIf your mom has Type 1 DM and had you after age 25 - your risk 1 in 100\nIf your mom got Type 1 DM before she was 11 - the above risk doubles\nIf both your parents have Type 1 DM - your risk is 1 in 5\n\nFor Type 2 diabetes...\nIf you have one parent who had Type 2 DM before 50 - your risk is 1 in 7\nIf you have one parent who had Type 2 DM after 50 - your risk is 1 in 13\nIf you have two parents with Type 2 DM - your risk is 1 in 2\nIf you have an identical twin with Type 2 DM - your risk is 3 in 4\n\nThis information is all available from the American Diabetes Association.  As you can see, Type 2 diabetes actually has a higher inherited risk than Type 1!  There are things that you can do to minimize your chances of developing Type 2 DM, though, even though you are at risk.  That includes regular exercise, maintenance of a healthy weight, and reducing fat and calorie intake.  There are also some medications that can reduce your risk of developing Type 2 DM; you should talk to your doctor about whether these would be appropriate for you.  Above all, don't worry!  You are expressing concern about your health which is the FIRST STEP!  If you are motivated to take the appropriate steps towards maintaining your health, the odds of preventing diabetes are in your favor!!  Good luck!\n\nEDIT:\nTo justwannaknow - I think what you say is misleading.  The AMA's recommendation in 2002 was for people to take a daily multivitamin.  There is still no recommendation for physicians to advise patients to take herbal supplements and other nutritional supplements like "Glycoscience".\n\nTo hmt42play - Islet cell transplants are not being recommended for patients with Type 2 diabetes!!!  As you diabetes educator, you should be aware of this!  Type 2 diabetics generally have functioning islet cells and DO produce insulin.  The problem is with insulin resistance so giving them more islet cells would not resolve the underlying problem.  Islet cell transplants are currently only being used in unstable Type 1 diabetics.  Please do not give this poor woman the idea that islet cell transplantation is a cure for Type 2 diabetes!
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That really isn't a symptom of diabetes.  \nHere are the most common symptoms:\nFrequent urination \nExcessive thirst \nUnexplained weight loss \nExtreme hunger \nSudden vision changes \nTingling or numbness in hands or feet \nFeeling very tired much of the time \nVery dry skin \nSores that are slow to heal \nMore infections than usual
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The symptoms of diabetes vary from person to person.\n\n Generally they are;\n\n Excessive thirst\n Frequent urination\n Metallic taste in the mouth\n Sweet smelling breath\n Fatigue\n General malaise\n Inability to heal quickly\n\n If you feel you have any of these symptoms and you have a family history of diabetes, then I would suggest you see your doctor and have some blood drawn.\n\n Good Luck to you.
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Such signs as having to pee all the time, having to pee immeditately when you do have to go, being constantly thirsty, sudden weight loss with being hungry all the time, all of these can be signs of diabetes.  The best way to know if you are diabetic is to have your doctor order a fasting blood sugar test for you.
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Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) happens when the body can't use glucose for energy because it doesn’t have any or enough insulin. Insulin controls how much glucose (which is the energy source we get from food) can pass from the blood into body’s cells.\n\nAlert!\nIf a person who is known to have diabetes becomes confused, obviously unwell, drowsy or unconscious, that person needs urgent help. She may have very low levels of blood glucose (hypoglycaemia – 'hi-po-gly-see-mia') or ketoacidosis ('ket-o-acid-o-sis'). See the topic 'Diabetes – managing diabetes in childhood' for more information about what to do for hypoglycaemia and ketoacidosis.\n\n\nWhat is diabetes?\nThere are two main types of diabetes mellitus.\n\nDiabetes mellitus type 1 (sometimes called ‘juvenile onset diabetes’ or ‘insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)) usually starts in childhood or early adult life, most commonly before teenage years. It is due to damage to b-cells in the pancreas, so that they do not make the hormone insulin.\nDiabetes mellitus type 2 (also called ‘mature onset diabetes’ or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) usually starts later in life, usually when the person is over 40 years old. However, it is occurring more often now in much younger people, especially people who are very overweight. Although people with type 2 diabetes usually make some insulin, it is not enough, or it does not work well.\nThere is also gestational diabetes which happens during pregnancy, and diabetes insipidus, a quite different sort of problem.\n\nThis topic focuses only on type 1 diabetes mellitus.\n\nWith type 1 diabetes, young people have no insulin, so they need:\n\nto get insulin by injection at least once, and often several times each day \nto be careful about what they eat, how much they exercise, drinking alcohol and using tobacco and drugs \nto be in control of their diabetes \nto understand that people with diabetes are able to do pretty much everything that other people are able to do. \n\nUnderstanding diabetes\nOur topic on the Parenting and Child Health section of this site called 'Diabetes in childhood' contains a lot of information about the causes of diabetes and its effects and complications.\n\nThere is a lot of research going on world wide to find a cure for diabetes, including seeking ways of transplanting insulin-making tissue – but there is no cure for diabetes yet.\n\n\nManaging diabetes\nEvery person who has type 1 diabetes should have their own diabetes management plan and a team of workers they can seek information and help from.\n\nSomeone with type 1 diabetes will need to regularly monitor their:\n\nblood glucose level \ndiet \ninsulin \nexercise.\nAt the moment, insulin will need to be injected every day for the rest of their life. The topic 'Diabetes - managing diabetes in childhood' goes into detail about diet, insulin, monitoring blood glucose, exercise and most of the questions that are usually asked. \n\n\nTaking control\nIf you have had diabetes for a while, you and your parents may be very used to managing your diabetes. If it has only recently been diagnosed, they may be very anxious and want to help more than you feel is needed (parents are like that!)\n\nAs you get older, your diabetes management team and your parents will help you to take control of managing your diabetes – you might start to see health workers by yourself, and gradually take over managing your own record-keeping.\n\nAll doctors, dietitians and others who work with people with diabetes know that people are not perfect. If you do 'go out of control' it is best to 'own up' and work out some plans for next time, rather than pretending that every thing is OK.\n\nSome things that you will probably have to manage more strictly than other young people include: \n\nmeal times (missing meals can lead to problems) \nsleep-ins (you may have to wake up early to eat, or have your