Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Diabetes signs and symptoms.

Early signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes include not so serious cases of chronic fatigue, overall weakness in the patient and malaise (uneasy feeling). The most pronounced symptom of patients suffering from this disease is excessive thirst and fluid intake and frequent urination. Since increased glucose levels tend to drain away all the water from the body, the patient is dehydrated very often and has the urge to drink a lot of fluids thus leading to frequent urination.

Eyesight goes blurred due to change in refraction in the lens leading to myopia caused due to change in osmotic balance on account of higher glucose levels. Also patients are known to have increased appetite. The patients are lethargic and face excessive bowel movements and itchy external genitalia. Other symptoms may include polydypsia, polyuria, nocturia, tiredness, prurtis vulva, loss of libido, erectile dysfunction and parasthesiae of limbs.

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