Type 2 diabetes: symptoms and signs to know

Symptoms of type 2 diabetes

Often, the signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes are not easily recognizable or are so mild that you don't even notice them in the early stages. Common symptoms may include:

• Blurred eyes

• Prolonged fatigue

• Eat a lot but still get hungry quickly

• Being thirsty and urinating a lot

• Wounds that take a long time to heal

• Pain and numbness in the legs or arms

• Unexplained weight loss

5 groups at high risk of type 2 diabetes

Because there are few noticeable symptoms, many patients begin to detect and treat only after the disease has progressed seriously. Therefore, you must regularly maintain blood sugar testing when you start to suspect the disease, mainly if you belong to the following five groups of people with type 2 diabetes:

• People over 40 years old

• People who are obese or overweight

• Have a family member with diabetes

• High blood pressure

• Women with gestational diabetes

9 signs to recognize type 2 diabetes

Unlike type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes usually progresses slowly, with vague symptoms easily missed or confused with other conditions. Therefore, it is possible to have type 2 diabetes without knowing it.

Frequent urination

This sign includes frequent urination more than 2-3 times during the day and nighttime. In children, bedwetting is also a sign to watch out for. This is because the kidneys must work harder to eliminate excess sugar. Frequent urination causes patients many inconveniences in daily activities.

Always feel thirsty

Feeling thirsty all the time is one of the common signs of diabetes. Symptoms of polyuria often accompany this sign. Due to frequent urination, the body loses more water than usual. So that the body feels thirsty and always has to drink water, but it does not improve much.

Feeling hungry often

This diabetic marker is related to insulin dysfunction. Usually, this hormone helps bring blood sugar into the body for energy. When the number of insulin decreases or the body becomes resistant to insulin, this function will be reduced.

As a result, blood sugar rises, but the cells of the organs do not have the sugar to use. Therefore, the body is always in a state of lack of energy. Hunger is the body's signal that prompts us to keep refueling.

Tired body

Frequent fatigue despite not exercising too much is one of the common signs in the early stages of type 2 diabetes. The body's lack of energy mainly causes due to deficiency or insulin resistance. Sugar is not taken into the cells, and the cells cannot use power. In addition, dehydration also contributes to the body feeling tired.

Have eye problems

Blurry vision is one of the signs of type 2 diabetes. This problem is caused by increased pressure in the vitreous or by damage to the blood vessels in the retina. In the early stages of diabetic retinopathy, there are often no apparent symptoms of blurred vision.

The doctor can detect retinal vascular abnormalities through examination and ophthalmoscopy. Therefore, to see eye problems early and promptly, people with diabetes must adhere to treatment and have regular checkups.

Infection

Diabetes reduces the resistance of the patient. A weakened immune system increases the risk of infection in patients. Skin infections are often long-lasting and tend to recur, such as boils and ulcers. There are also urinary tract infections, respiratory tract infections, and genital tract infections, ...

Numbness, itching 

This is a condition of numbness or tingling or burning sensation, numbness like ants crawling in the hands and feet, especially the fingers and toes. This condition is the result of nerve damage in diabetes.

Losing or gaining weight for no reason

Rapid weight loss is common in type 1 diabetes. In contrast, patients with type 2 diabetes often experience overweight and obesity, dyslipidemia, and accumulation of abdominal and visceral fat.

Type 2 diabetes can also experience moderate weight loss without dieting or intense exercise. The cause of this condition is that the body constantly lacks energy, so it is forced to burn muscle and fat to compensate for it.

Slow wound healing

High sugar levels in the blood both impede circulation and damage small blood vessels and nerves. Therefore, people with diabetes often do not detect new minor wounds early due to reduced pain sensation.

As a result, these wounds are not well cared for and are challenging to heal due to poor blood circulation. Slow wound healing combined with an increased risk of infection makes the wounds and ulcers of people with diabetes challenging to treat, requiring special care.

Early screening for diabetes to protect your quality of life

If you are in an at-risk group or have one of the symptoms listed above, consult your doctor and get the necessary tests to screen for diabetes early to prevent the disease from progressing. Late stage and many complications.

Diabetes screening package at CarePlus - Only 990,000 VND. Includes full items:

• A specialist doctor examines and advises: Check body parameters, General Examination

• Diagnostic imaging: Electrocardiogram (Evaluation of cardiac pathology)

• Laboratory tests: HBA1C, Blood sugar (Glucose), Urinalysis, Kidney function (Urea, Creatinine), Blood lipids (Total cholesterol, LDL-Cholesterol, HDL-Cholesterol, Triglycerides)

CarePlus International Clinic System is one of the most popular places to diagnose diabetes and its complications.

In particular, our team of doctors pays excellent attention to combining drug and non-drug treatments to achieve long-term effectiveness and safety for patients. The doctor will give in-depth advice on nutrition and exercise suitable for each person and guide the patient to change a healthy lifestyle.

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