| Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus | | | | |
| | | | Your abdomen size is over 102 centimeters or |
| Diabetes can be a very disabling illness with | | | | 40 inches for a man. For women it's 88 |
| a chronic nature. It can affect your heart | | | | centimeters or 34.5 inches. |
| kidney, and eyes. One of the signs and | | | | |
| symptoms of the diabetes mellitus disease is | | | | You do not exercise more than half an hour |
| a feeling of exhaustion. People with diabetes | | | | daily (walking, cycling, swimming, and |
| often claim how tired they always seem to be. | | | | gardening.) |
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| The signs and symptoms of diabetes mellitus | | | | You are using medicine for high blood |
| call for treatment. A stricter diet is | | | | pressure. |
| usually part of the answer to controlling | | | | |
| your diabetes. | | | | In the past you have been diagnosed at least |
| | | | once for a high blood sugar level; for |
| Insulin, a hormone released from the | | | | instance during a pregnancy or illness. |
| pancreas, controls the degree of sugar in the | | | | |
| blood. While someone is eating or drinking, | | | | Diabetes type 1 ("juvenile diabetes") or type |
| food is broken down into materials, including | | | | 2 ("adult onset diabetes") occurs in your |
| sugar that the body needs as a fuel. Sugar is | | | | family. |
| absorbed into the bloodstream and stimulates | | | | |
| the pancreas to make insulin. This allows | | | | It is very important if you have any |
| sugar to move from the blood into the cells. | | | | questions or any concerns about your own |
| Once within the cells, sugar is converted to | | | | health issues or the health of your loved |
| energy. This energy can be used at once or | | | | ones to get together with a physician. After |
| stored for later usage. | | | | they have viewed your signs and symptoms of |
| | | | diabetes mellitus you can make an intelligent |
| If the body does not create enough insulin to | | | | decision on what is your best course of |
| move the sugar into the cells, the resulting | | | | action. |
| high levels of sugar in the blood and the | | | | |
| unfit amount of sugar in the cells together | | | | Do not treat this lightly. Get yourself |
| produce the sign and symptoms of diabetes | | | | checked out if you display any of the signs |
| mellitus. Or high blood sugar levels. | | | | or symptom of diabetes mellitus. |
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| Some or all of these signs and symptoms of | | | | Please pass this on to someone you think can |
| diabetes mellitus are as follows: | | | | gain some insight from reading it. |