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Suggested menu for people with diabetes problem. Food including tomato-olive with cheese salad, apple, lettuce, steak, mushroom soup, apple and about 35g bread.

Diabetes Symptoms for Early Diabetes Diagnosis

Diabetes always goes undiagnosed as most of its symptoms look so harmless. However, recently researches had found out that early detection of various diabetes symptoms may reduce the chances of complications resulted by diabetes as early diabetes treatment can be given.

There are different types of diabetes, each due to different causes. Diabetes mellitus, which is usually referred to as “sugar” diabetes, is a type of metabolic disease which resulted in patient having high blood sugar or hyperglycemia. This might due to the body doesn’t produce enough insulin or the cells respond to the insulin is poor.  Hyperglycemia will lead to the symptoms of frequent urination (polyuria), increased thirst (polydipsia) and increased hunger (polyphagia).

There are three main types of diabetes mellitus, i.e.  type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes  and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes  (or called juvenile diabetes) is an as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, where the body of the patient is unable to produce insulin. The main symptoms of  type 1 diabetes include frequent urination, extreme thirst and hunger, abnormal weight loss, extreme tiredness and irritability.  In type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance is the main cause. The body does produce insulin but the body cells are not able to use insulin produced properly.  The symptoms of type 2 diabetes  might include any of the type 1 symptoms, plus frequent and recurring infections, blurred vision, slow healing for cuts or bruises, feeling of numbness in the hands or feet. There might be cases where people having type 2 diabetes  have no symptoms at all. Gestational diabetes happens during pregnancy. An expecting mother, who either has or never had diabetes, is consider to have gestational diabetes when the blood glucose level is high during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes usually has not any clear symptoms.

Diabetes insipidus (DI) is another type of diabetes, sometimes called "water" diabetes. It is a disorder where patient has abnormal increase in urine output, fluid intake and often feel thirsty.  The most common type of DI is central DI and nephrogenic DI. Central DI is due to a deficiency of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) while nephrogenic DI is caused by an insensitivity of the kidneys to ADH. The main symptoms of DI include increase in urination frequency, frequent night urination, and bedwetting.

Type 3 diabetes or called “brain diabetes” had been recognized in year 2005 when medical researchers studied its relationship to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found out that besides pancreas, insulin is also produced within the brain. Type 3 diabetes  happens when the brain's cell receptors stops or reduces the acceptance of the brain's secreted insulin.

References:

1. American Diabetes Association,  Alexandria VA, Diabetes Basics-Symptoms. http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/symptoms/
2. National Diabetes Information Clearing House (NDIC), Bethesda MD, DCCT and EDIC: The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and Follow-up Study, May 2008. http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/control/
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2003. http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/general.htm
4. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Diabetes, May 10 2010. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001214.htm
5. National Health Service, NHS, Diabetes Insipidus, April 21 2010.  http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-insipidus/Pages/Introduction.aspx
6. Jennifer Burdett, Facts on Type 3 Diabetes. http://www.ehow.com/about_5088955_type-diabetes.html

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