Symptoms Of Diabetes

High Risk Groups for Type 2 Diabetes
- Race / Origin: Native American, African American, Latin American http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/...
- Age: Greater than 55
- Weight: 20% or more over ideal weight
- Family history: More risk if there are or have been cases in you family
- Exercise: Increased activity is associated with decreased risk; recommended 30-60 minutes daily
- Diet: Increased risk with high intake of fat, calories and cholesterol
- Multiple risks: If you can claim more risk factors, your chance of getting type 2 diabetes is higher
- First identified: First recorded by the Egyptians, 3500 BCE
- Typical onset: There is no typical onset age
- Survival rate: 1999 - 10 year survival for men: 51.5%, for women: 61.0%
- Worldwide population affected: 108 million
- Worldwide deaths, 2005: 1.1 million

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Symptoms of Types 1 and 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic disease related to the ability of the body to utilize sugars. There are two forms, either the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or alternatively, the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is the hormone that regulates blood sugar. Hyperglycemia, or raised blood sugar, is a common effect of uncontrolled diabetes and over time leads to serious damage to many of the body's systems, especially the nerves and blood vessels.
Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes include:
- excessive excretion of urine (polyuria)
- thirst (polydipsia)
- constant hunger
- weight loss or sudden weight gain
- vision changes
- fatigue
- numbness or tingling of the feet
- sores that will not heal
- (symptoms may occur suddenly)
Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes include:
- similar to Type 1, but usually less severe
- usually diagnosed years after onset, after damage occurs http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs312/en/

How Do You Know You Have Diabetes?

Professor Amy Bull from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing describes various conditions related to occurrence of diabetes.

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