Many people suffer from diabetes in life. This disease will cause great harm to health. There is a certain chance of being cured in the early stage. So what are the early symptoms of diabetes patients? What are the great dangers of diabetes? There are many early symptoms of diabetes. Let’s learn more about the specific conditions and the dangers.

1. Young patients are easily ignored

Among the types of diabetes, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are the two most common types. The cause of type Ⅰ diabetes is not clear and is generally related to autoimmunity and the environment; type Ⅱ diabetes is the most common among the population, and most patients are overweight or obese, with obvious family inheritance.

In the past, it was generally believed that type II patients were mostly middle-aged and elderly people over 40 years old, and it was even considered a "senile disease." It is now found that diabetic patients are getting younger and younger, and the number of diabetic patients in their 20s and 30s has increased significantly. Many young patients are easily ignored because their symptoms are not obvious. Once discovered, they are likely to be seriously ill.

To a certain extent, diabetes is a disease caused by eating and is related to irregular diet and life. Many young people like to play games. They rely on cars when going out and elevators when going upstairs. They rarely exercise. They are also greedy for meat and like to eat late-night snacks. This kind of irregular diet and lifestyle increases the risk of diabetes. Many young people usually like to drink drinks. After getting diabetes, they often feel dry and bitter in the mouth and prefer sweet drinks, which is more likely to cause blood sugar to spike.

Most patients with type 2 diabetes can control blood sugar by changing their eating habits, increasing exercise, and maintaining a healthy weight. It should be noted that some patients have no obvious symptoms in the early stages of diabetes. It is recommended that people with a family history of diabetes, obesity, lack of exercise, and unhealthy eating habits should go to the hospital to have their blood sugar tested regularly.

2. The terrible complication of diabetes is

The impact of diabetes on patients is not as simple as the so-called "increased blood sugar".

The horror of diabetes comes from its later complications. Complications of diabetes include acute complications and chronic complications. Acute complications include ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma suffered by the Zhejiang boy. Chronic complications include diabetic retinopathy, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, cerebral infarction, etc., as well as long-term infections of feet and lower limbs, ulcers, etc.

After suffering from diabetes, you must first go to the hospital for treatment in time, but treatment by a doctor alone is not enough. Data show that for every 1% increase in the glycation target rate, the risk of complications will be reduced by 20% to 30%. Therefore, patients should monitor their blood sugar on their own under the guidance of a doctor, adhere to a healthy lifestyle, and control their blood sugar.

Patients with diabetes also need to monitor blood pressure and blood lipids. You can use a sphygmomanometer to measure your blood pressure regularly every day under the guidance of a doctor to control your blood pressure within a good range. Because high blood pressure often coexists with diabetes, it is very harmful to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. You should also go to the hospital for a blood lipid test at least once a year.

3. How to detect early diabetes

1. Symptoms of thirst and polyuria. The patient's drinking volume increases significantly, and the frequency and amount of urination also increase. This is the most convenient way to detect diabetes. Especially the symptoms of waking up to drink water due to extreme thirst during sleep may indicate that the condition has worsened. The daily urine output of normal people is 1-1.5 liters, but the daily urine output of diabetic patients often reaches 1-1.5 liters due to frequent urination. 2--4 liters, some patients even reach 10 liters. If the glucose in the urine increases, it emits a sweet and sour smell and a lot of foam, and attracts insects, you should go to the hospital for treatment immediately, because dry mouth is the first early stage of diabetes. symptom.

2. Symptoms of hunger and polyphagia. Because the sugar in the body is excreted as urine sugar, it cannot absorb enough calories to maintain the body's basic needs. You will often feel abnormally hungry and eat a lot, but you are still hungry. People who don't usually eat sweets also start to be indiscriminate. If you eat a lot of sweets, you need to go to the hospital for examination. These abnormal symptoms are often a precursor to diabetes.

3. Eyes get tired easily and vision drops sharply.

When you feel that your eyes tire easily, you cannot see clearly, your eyes go dark when you stand up, your eyelids droop, your field of vision becomes narrow, your vision becomes blurry, your eyes suddenly change from farsightedness to myopia or presbyopia that was not seen before, etc., you should immediately take action. Eye examination, the above symptoms are obvious manifestations of visual impairment, retinal hemorrhage, cataracts, vision adjustment disorders and other diseases caused by diabetes. Neurosensory disorders.

4. Diabetic patients will have intractable paralysis of hands and feet, trembling of hands and feet, inability to move fingers and labor pain, severe neuritis foot pain, paralysis of lower limbs, low back pain, not wanting to walk, nighttime calf cramps, eye cramps, etc. Motor nerve paralysis, blurred vision, and autonomic nervous system disorders are other symptoms. Once discovered, you must go to the hospital for examination without delay.

5. Whole body fatigue and weakness. Without engaging in labor or sports, the body often feels exhausted for no reason, the legs feel weak, and the knees feel weak, especially when going up and down stairs. People who appear to be healthy should go to the hospital for treatment if these symptoms occur.

6. Weight loss. Middle-aged people are becoming increasingly obese and their appetite is normal. Once you find that your weight is dropping rapidly, you should consider whether you have diabetes. Obesity will increase the demand for insulin, leading to a rapid deterioration of the condition.

7. Dental diseases. Blood circulation disorders caused by diabetes can cause teeth to loosen and fall out, causing periodontitis and alveolar pyorrhea; and due to deformation of the gums, installed dentures will also appear inappropriate.

8. Skin diseases. The skin of diabetic patients has poor resistance to infection. If the skin is itchy and scratched, it will become infected. There may also be skin abscesses, eczema, macules, anal itching, female genital discomfort and itching, etc.

9. Decreased desire. Male impotence due to decreased sexual function, and there is a significant gap between men and women of the same age, is also a precursor to diabetes.

10. Abnormal menstruation. Due to insufficient secretion of pancreatic islet hormone, women may have irregular menstruation or amenorrhea.

4. How to prevent diabetes

1. Control your diet

The key to treating diabetes is to control your diet. Through dietary control, urine sugar can be eliminated, fasting blood sugar can be reduced to normal, metabolic disorders can be corrected, and various complications can be prevented. The amount of staple food required should be measured based on the patient's weight and labor intensity. The daily staple food should not exceed 250 grams. If you feel hungry again, you can increase the amount of vegetables that contain high fiber and can lower blood sugar, such as onions, celery, kelp, spinach, etc. Protein supplementary foods such as soy products, milk, lean meat, etc. are all edible.

2. Regular exercise

Staying active is crucial to the prevention of type 1 diabetes. Exercise for 30 minutes a day, including walking, jogging, swimming, etc., which is absolutely beneficial. An important characteristic of type 1 diabetes is insulin resistance, which means that the body is insensitive to insulin and cannot use it normally. Exercise can improve insulin sensitivity and can effectively prevent type 2 diabetes. A Finnish survey found that exercise can stimulate the activity of pancreatic islet cells. People who exercise four hours a week, or exercise 35 minutes a day, have an 80% lower risk of developing diabetes, even if their weight does not change.

3. Balance work with rest

General patients can participate in normal work, but should not be overworked. To exercise moderation in sexual intercourse. Stay mentally optimistic and avoid trauma. Exercise can enhance sugar tolerance and reduce dependence on insulin, reduce insulin requirements, lower blood sugar, and improve metabolic abnormalities in blood lipids. Proper exercise can control obesity. Choose jogging, walking, Qigong exercises, aerobics, Tai Chi and other projects. Start with a short period of time and a small amount of exercise, and persevere. However, it is not advisable to exercise on an empty stomach and for people with severe diabetes to prevent hypoglycemic shock and other diseases.

4. Control blood pressure

Achieve weight loss through exercise and diet, pay special attention to abdominal fat, because abdominal weight loss can greatly improve glucose tolerance. Control high blood pressure, which is closely related to the development of diabetes.

5. Control weight

Obesity, especially abdominal obesity, is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. With the improvement of living standards, there are more and more obese children, and diabetes has begun to "target" teenagers, which has to attract people's attention. In order to effectively prevent type 1 diabetes, you must first lose weight and bring your weight close to normal.

6. Control salt levels

Polyuria is one of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes. Most patients with type 1 diabetes are accompanied by high blood pressure and obesity. Eating more salt will increase blood pressure, which is not conducive to the prevention and treatment of hypertension, so salt must be limited.

Eating less salt can reduce your chances of heart disease and stroke.