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Diabetes Symptoms
.Diabetes Care - Giving Your Feet a Hand
People with diabetes are more prone to foot problems due to an increased risk of damage to nerves and blood vessels. You can help prevent these problems with the following tips:
- • Wash your feet in warm water with mild soap every day, but don’t soak them. Dry them well, especially between your toes.
Diabetes Symptoms
The common symptoms of diabetes are often very easy to overlook. As a result, nearly 1 out of 3 people with Diabetes are not even aware that they have the disease. Doctors call this asymptomatic - without symptoms. That’s roughly 6.5 million people, or, roughly the population in the state of Washington!
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which blood glucose (sugar) levels are too high. Cells in the body break down glucose in order to provide energy for movement, growth, and repair. The hormone insulin is responsible for regulating glucose levels in the blood. Abnormally high levels of glucose can damage the small and large blood vessels, leading to Diabetic blindness, kidney disease, amputations of limbs, stroke, and heart disease.
Glaxo's Avandia Risks Prompt Doctors to Switch Drugs
According to Bloomerg.com...
While the study findings raise some concern and indicate the need for more clear data, there is no need for alarm, according to an editorial released today by the Lancet, a prominent medical journal that published one of the largest studies on Avandia.
Doctors, patients and regulators can safely wait for the results of a pivotal trial, dubbed Record, that is specifically looking at heart risks among patients taking Avandia, known chemically as rosiglitazone, the editors said.
What are the symptoms of Diabetes?
People who think they might have Diabetes must visit a physician for diagnosis. They might have SOME or NONE of the following Symptoms:
- Frequent urination
- Excessive thirst
- Unexplained weight loss
- Extreme hunger
- Sudden vision changes
- Tingling or numbness in hands or feet
- Feeling very tired much of the time
- Very dry skin
- Sores that are slow to heal
- More infections than usual.
What factors increase my risk of getting Diabetes?
Although researchers don't fully understand why some persons get Diabetes and others don't, it is clear that certain factors increase your risk. You are at risk for having Diabetes if:
- Your mother, father, sister, or brother has Diabetes;
- You are African American, Hispanic American/Latino, American Indian, Native Alaskan, Asian American, or Pacific Islander;
- You have high blood pressure (at or above 130/80);
- You have a history of Diabetes during pregnancy or gave birth to a baby weighing more than nine pounds at birth;
How do I know if I have Diabetes?
As many as 50 percent (one-half) of persons with Type 2 Diabetes are unaware that they have the disease. For this reason, it is particularly important to pay attention to the signs and Symptoms [link to: Symptoms] of Diabetes and its risk factors.
Some of the Symptoms [link to: Symptoms] of either Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes are:
- being very thirsty
- urinating often
- feeling very hungry or tired
- losing or gaining weight without trying
- having sores that heal slowly
- having dry, itchy skin