Humans receive the nutrients they need from their bodies by eating a variety of foods, and in order to be used as an energy source, glucose must be transported to cells by blood. However, some people say that this process may not work properly for a number of reasons, and may be exposed to diabetes, which releases sugar from urine, leading to pre-diabetes symptoms. In particular, diabetes can be very difficult to detect early because it starts without sound, and it is a chronic disease that can cause scary complications if left unattended, so proper living and eating habits are required.
Definition of diabetes
Diabetes, which is caused by sugar escaping from urine, is caused by a significant shortage of insulin or a metabolic disease that can be caused by failure to function normally. It is characterized by a high level of glucose in the blood. It’s a problem if your blood sugar level is too low If a condition that is too high like diabetes lasts for a long time, it can lead to angina, diabetic retinopathy, stroke, It can cause large and small diseases such as arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and sexual dysfunction, which can degrade the quality of life, not just discomfort, so it is necessary to take care of it in the right way.
Causes of diabetes
Diabetes can be divided into two types: Type 1, which does not produce insulin at all, and Type 2, which can be caused by stress, obesity, lack of exercise, overeating, excessive drinking, and genetic factors. Type 2 is caused by insulin resistance, which causes cells to not burn glucose effectively due to poor insulin function that lowers blood sugar, and most of the people with diabetes symptoms are Type 2. As most of them can be caused by acquired factors, it is necessary to distance themselves from factors that can cause diabetes symptoms.
Diabetes symptoms
Pre-diabetes symptoms vary slightly from person to person, but some common symptoms may appear.
(1) overeating
First of all, it’s a disease caused by the discharge of glucose, which is indispensable to the body, Even though I ate on time because I lacked energy and got hungry easily, But after a while, he found food and became obsessed with it You can see it.
(2) thirst
Even if you drink enough water, you will soon drink water, and in severe cases, you will be thirsty as soon as you turn around and visit the bathroom often.
(3) I often go to the bathroom.
Since you’ve taken more than you need, you can go to the bathroom more often to get rid of it. The important thing at this time is that you may feel like going to the bathroom even though it hasn’t been long since you emptied your urine in your body, and you actually pee.
(4) I’m tired no matter how much I sleep.
Of course, there are times when you feel tired due to lack of sleep, but you are experiencing pre-diabetic symptoms. People are more likely to feel tired. Even if you eat, glucose, which is used as an energy source for the body, cannot enter the cell and is released, so you can easily get tired. For this, even if you sleep a lot, you can still feel tired.
(5) My hands and feet are asleep
High glucose levels can also increase the viscosity of the blood itself, which interferes with blood circulation It doesn’t provide enough nutrients and oxygen to each cell, so your hands and feet get numb In severe cases, symptoms such as pain may occur. Other pre-diabetic symptoms include. The skin of the armpit, neck, and groin turns dark, the healing of the wound is delayed, and sometimes the vision is blurred. It is said that various symptoms such as this can occur, so if these symptoms persist or worsen, You should check it out through a diabetes test.
Diabetes testing method
If the pre-diabetes symptoms mentioned above are observed, it is necessary to check through a diabetes test. Diabetes tests can be found out through blood tests, and there are three types: blood sugar, post-meal blood sugar, and glycated blood pigment tests. If the fasting blood sugar measured after fasting for more than 8 hours is 126 mg/dL or more, or if the blood sugar measured after 2 hours of eating is 200 mg/dL or more and the last glycated hemoglobin test is 6.5% or more, it can be diagnosed as diabetes. For reference, the pre-stage that is not diabetes but requires attention is more than 100 mg/dL or less than 126 mg/dL of fasting blood sugar, and the glycated hemoglobin level is 5.7%, so if the result belongs to that level, it should be managed to prevent it from worsening.