What are the signs that diabetes is killing you?

What changes in your body should you pay attention to in order not to miss the onset of such an insidious and complex disease as diabetes?

Diabetes mellitus is a serious disease, which is characterized by an increase in the level of glucose in the blood, a violation of microcirculation and tissue trophism.

According to doctors, this disease has been occurring more and more recently.

The reason for this is an incorrect lifestyle, heredity and a number of other factors, you can read more in our article TOP-10 important questions you need to know about diabetes.

Today we will tell you about the main signs and symptoms of diabetes that everyone should know about.

What are the signs that diabetes is killing you?

It is difficult to miss the onset of the disease, because you will notice that your relationship with water has changed significantly.

The main signs of diabetes are strong thirst, frequent urination with a large amount of urine, sometimes dehydration. It is also important to pay attention to the following signs of diabetes:

• Dry mouth
• Frequent urination during the night period
• Feeling hungry
• Fatigue
• Dry and itchy skin
• Weight gain and fat accumulation in the abdomen
• Problems with concentration of attention
• Decreased performance and fatigue.
• Attacks of drowsiness and lethargy, which regularly occur after eating.

Diabetes causes destructive damage to bone and joint tissue, metabolic disorders and protein deficiency, decreased sensitivity of nerve endings and deterioration of microcirculation in blood vessels.

Given that vessels and nerves are in any organ, diabetes affects the whole body. But the eyes, kidneys and lower limbs are primarily affected. Eye damage in diabetes is called Diabetic retinopathy.

The course of the disease affects the state of the joints and causes acute and chronic inflammatory processes.

The patient will feel tingling and numbness in the feet and lower legs, especially at night. Sharp, shooting, throbbing and burning pains, calf muscle cramps may also occur.

Blood vessel spasms due to hypoglycemia (too low blood glucose) and hyperglycemia (too much blood glucose) will cause a headache. In addition, glucose imbalances can affect mood and cause behavioral and cognitive disturbances.

With an increased level of sugar (glucose) in the blood, the body of a diabetic person secretes an excessive amount of urine and loses fluid. As a result, the skin also becomes dehydrated: the skin becomes dry and flaky. The work of sebaceous and sweat glands is also disturbed. Many have increased skin sensitivity.

With diabetes, the legs hurt because atherosclerosis leaves too narrow a lumen in the blood vessels. The tissues of the legs do not receive enough blood and therefore send signals in the form of pain. Pain may occur at rest or only when walking.

The color of urine in diabetes differs from the norm in a healthy person. Normally, urine has a straw-yellow color, and in diabetes it becomes transparent.

Diabetes creates a favorable environment for the growth and development of yeast fungi. Fungi are often the cause of itching in the intimate area during diabetes.

The tongue of a diabetic patient is bright red and often enlarged. Cracks and erosions can form on the surface of the tongue, as well as fungal lesions of the mucous membrane (in the form of redness of the mucous membrane, the appearance of a dense gray-white coating on the back of the tongue).