Symptoms Of Diabetes
Signs And Symptoms Of Diabetes
The most obvious signs of diabetes include the
following:
1) Frequent thirst (polydipsia)
2) Constant urination
(polyuria)
3) Rapid loss of weight
4) Unusual hunger
5) Obvious weakness and fatigue
6) How is it Diagnosed?
There
are many methods by which diabetes is diagnosed, but doctors commonly
use the following approaches:
A) Health screening
B) Detection of hyperglycemia
C) New signs and symptoms attributable to diabetes
Diagnosis
is often prompted with the onset of the symptoms. Patients often undergo
a diabetes screening test, the particulars of which often vary according
to circumstances and local policy. Some may be made to undergo random
glucose testing, fasting glucose and insulin, or glucose two hours after
75g of glucose. Sometimes, doctors diagnose the disease through a formal
glucose tolerance test.
For adults aged 40-50, health caregivers
recognize universal screening tests for diabetes with earlier screening
tests for those with potential risk factors, such as obesity, family
history of diabetes, and high risk ethnicity (Hispanic, American Indian,
African, American, Pacific Island, and South Asian).