Symptoms of diabetes mellitus

 Symptoms of diabetes mellitus:

This disease with the passing of time has become very common in our society, perhaps because of the lifestyle we lead every day or also because of the different factors that can trigger this disease. Currently in our society, diabetes mellitus is a public health problem that profoundly affects the person's way of life.

It should be noted that the prescribed treatment, the need for continuous self-care and the concern about the 12 possible complications generate a series of alterations in the quality of life of the diagnosed users. Although if you treat it on time and with responsibility it can be controlled.

Diabetes mellitus as a definition is a chronic disease that appears when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body does not effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar. It means that if our glucose level is very high, accompanied by other symptoms we may be presenting a diabetes event. There are two types of diabetes mellitus which are:

Type I diabetes mellitus:

This type of diabetes is characterized by a destruction of pancreatic beta cells, that is, absolute insulin deficiency, ketoacidosis tendency and need for treatment with insulin to live, these patients are referred to as insulin dependent. At present, the cause of type I diabetes mellitus is still unknown, which cannot yet be prevented in a responsible manner.

Type II diabetes mellitus

Type 2 non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus represents 90% to 95% of all patients with diabetes mellitus. Type II diabetes mellitus is a group of disorders with complex metabolic abnormalities, these include: high production of glucose by the liver, poor secretion of insulin by the pancreas and poor response of the body to insulin, referred to as insulin resistance.

The most frequent symptoms:

1. Constant desire to urinate.
2. Feeling of unusual hunger
3. Excessive thirst.
4. Weakness and tiredness
5. Weightloss.
6. Irritability and mood changes.
7. Feeling sick in the stomach and vomiting.
8. Cloudy view.
9. Cuts and scratches that do not heal, or heal slowly.
10. Itching or numbness in the hands or feet.
11. Recurrent infections in the skin, gum or bladder.
12. High levels of glucose in the blood and urine.