10 WARNING SIGNS OF DIABETES

 

What Is Diabetes?

Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose

(sugar) for our bodies to use for energy. The

pancreas, an organ near the stomach, makes a

hormone called insulin to help glucose get into

our body cells. When you have diabetes, your body

either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use its

own insulin very well. This problem causes glucose

to build up in your blood.

Diabetes means that a person’s blood sugar is too

high. Your blood always has some sugar in it because

the body needs sugar for energy to keep you

going. But too much sugar in the blood can cause

serious damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and

heart.

Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes

You may recall having some of these signs before

you found out you had diabetes:

■ Being very thirsty.

■ Urinating a lot—often at night.

■ Having blurry vision from time to time.

■ Feeling very tired much of the time.

■ Losing weight without trying.

■ Having very dry skin.

■ Having sores that are slow to heal.

■ Getting more infections than usual.

■ Losing feeling or getting a tingling feeling in

the feet.

■ Vomiting.