What are the warning signs of Type two diabetes? A group of symptoms includes increased thirst or hunger, dry mouth, frequent urination, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, blurred vision, and can even include headaches. In many patients, the disease develops slowly over several years and the warning signs become a part of life instead of signals of a problem. That is why it is important to tell your doctor of any changes, even minor. It is also important to be aware of the symptoms if you have a family history of the disease or if you have weight issues.
The warning signs of type 2 diabetes relate directly to the development of the disease. The disease develops when a condition called insulin resistance starts. Normally, cells of the body utilise insulin to turn sugar into glycogen. Glycogen becomes an energy source for those cells. In some people, something causes the cells’ ability to absorb insulin to diminish. This means the cell doesn’t have the insulin it now needs to convert as much sugar as before. When this happens all over the body, the amount of glucose starts to increase in the blood stream. That increase in glucose begins to show through the symptoms recognized as warning signs for the disease.
Many of the warning signs of type 2 diabetes relate to each other. Frequent urination comes from the fact that the kidneys need to extract the excess glucose from the body. They send it out through the urine. Therefore, the patient needs to go to the bathroom more often. Frequent urination causes dehydratation. That leads to the increased thirst urges. The body is demanding additional fluids. That is also, why dry mouth occurs. The body is calling for all fluids in order to extract the excess glucose. The diminished fluids in the body can lead to blurred vision as well. The fluids in the eye help keep focus. When they diminish, the eye cannot compensate for the lack of fluids and vision blurs. Headaches may often result because of fluid loss as well.
When the cells of the body cannot convert the glucose efficiently, they begin to look for other sources of energy. They call on the fat cells to get more energy from stored deposits. This is the reason so many Type II Diabetes sufferers experience excess weight loss. The body also sees this search for energy as a need to eat more. Thus, hunger increases. The inefficient use of energy leads to that feeling of fatigue. Every warning sign of type 2 Diabetes is related and needs monitoring.
