Diabetes Symptoms WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes mellitus, often referred to simply as diabetes, is a syndrome characterized by disordered metabolism and abnormally high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) resulting from insufficient levels of the hormone insulin. The characteristic symptoms are excessive urine production (polyuria) due to high blood glucose levels, excessive thirst and increased fluid intake (polydipsia) attempting to compensate for increased urination, blurred vision due to high blood glucose effects on the eye's optics, unexplained weight loss, and lethargy. These symptoms are likely to be less apparent if the blood sugar is only mildly elevated. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- An estimated 20.8 million people in the United States -- 7.0 percent of the population -- has diabetes.1
- Risks for diabetes include: older than 45, overweight, don't exercise regularly, genetics, if you had gestational diabetes while pregnant and certain ethnicities.2
- Sores that don't heal usually is a sign of diabetes also.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC): Diabetes Overview
- ↑ FamilyDoctor: What are the Symptoms of Diabetes?
- ↑ eMedTV: Symptoms of Diabetes
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- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Diabetes and symptoms, Symptoms and diabetes, Diabetes Signs, Symptoms of Diabetes, Signs of Diabetes
- Last update: Jul. 17, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
