Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes
These tend to show up after your glucose has been high for a long time.
- Yeast infections. Both men and women with diabetes can get these. Yeast feeds on glucose, so having plenty around makes it thrive. Infections can grow in any warm, moist fold of skin, including:
- Between fingers and toes
- Under breasts
- In or around sex organs
- Slow-healing sores or cuts. Over time, high blood sugar can affect your blood flow and cause nerve damage that makes it hard for your body to heal wounds.
- Pain or numbness in your feet or legs. This is another result of nerve damage.
Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes
- Unplanned weight loss. If the body can’t get energy from the food, it will start burning muscle and fat for energy instead. The may lose weight even though he haven’t changed how he eats.
- Nausea and vomiting. When the body resorts to burning fat, it makes ketones. These can build up in your blood to dangerous levels, a possibly life-threatening condition called diabetic ketoacidosis.
Symptoms of Gestational Diabetes
High blood sugar during pregnancy usually has no symptoms. The person might feel a little thirstier than normal or have to pee more often.
Warning Signs of Diabetes Complications
Signs of type 2 diabetes’ complications may include:
- Slow-healing sores or cuts
- Itchy skin (usually around the vaginal or groin area)
- Frequent yeast infections
- Recent weight gain
- Velvety, dark skin changes of the neck, armpit, and groin, called acanthosis nigricans
- Numbness and tingling of the hands and feet
- Decreased vision
- Impotence or erectile dysfunction (ED)
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