Diabetes is a wide spread disease throughout the world. The developed countries are the biggest victims of it. It is a disease, which is characterized by an inefficient use of insulin, or the incapability of the body to produce enough insulin. There are only some slight changes in body function when one begins to suffer from diabetes; hence, the early symptoms of diabetes go unnoticed by majority of the patients. And even if one does notice the symptoms, he might mistake them for other health issues and end up ignoring them.

Early symptoms of diabetes

• Relentless thirst
• Extreme hunger
• Frequent need to urinate
• Dry or itchy skin
• Unreasonable weight loss
• Slow healing of bruises or sores
• Easy drowsiness or tiredness
• Blurry vision
• Skin, gum, vaginal or bladder infections
• Numbness or tingling of hands or feet etc.

If you experience one or more of the above sensations, you may be experiencing the early symptoms of diabetes; hence, you should consult a doctor and determine if you have diabetes.

Identification difficulty
It is very difficult to find out, if an individual has diabetes in the initial stages. So, regular check-ups should be held if you are an individual having a family history of someone with diabetes. As diabetes can affect the cardiovascular system, eyes or kidneys, the onset of the aforesaid early symptoms of diabetes should not be taken lightly. Your precautions alone can help you change your lifestyle, so as to stay away from having diabetes.

You are at risk of having diabetes regardless of early symptoms of diabetes in the following situations:

• Overweight
• An individual over 45 years
• If the individual stays away from doing exercises
• If someone in the family has diabetes
• If the individual is African American, Asian American, Native American, Hispanic American/Latino or Pacific Islander.
• If the individual is a woman who gave birth to a child over 9 pounds

If an individual has any of thee above situations, he or she is at the risk of having diabetes. Though these early diabetes symptoms may be due to other health issues too, you should consult a doctor and talk to him about it. The doctor would determine whether you have diabetes or not, by determining the blood sugar level and also by seeing the early symptoms of diabetes.

Early detection
Recognize the early symptoms of diabetes and seek medical help if you happen to see any of the above-mentioned symptoms. The early symptoms of diabetes are quite insignificant in nature; hence for a majority of times, it has been observed that these symptoms go unnoticed till the disease reaches a critical point. Diabetics have health risks like heart attacks, strokes, blindness, amputations and kidney failures; therefore, whenever you observe such symptoms, go for a medical check up with a doctor. He is the right person to consult in such a situation.