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What are the 3 most common symptoms of undiagnosed diabetes?

Diabetes is a serious kind of chronic disease that happens when glucose in blood can't be effectively manipulated and sugar in the blood keeps circulating at a higher level for a longer period. This may happen for prolonged amount of nutritional imbalance and inadequate physical activity. Many individuals are too busy in their stressed life to see some indications your body gives showing first signs that can result in diabetes. If you are experiencing any of these signs, then it’s time to visit doctor. 1.Frequent urination - If you notice that you are going to washroom more often than usual on the time frame then it means your kidney may be removing more sugar through blood than it is required to process. 2.Increased Thirst - This may be because of the body’s inability to absorb fluids which then send signal to brain that it hasn't received enough fluid. 3.Feeling Hungry always - Because you get excited about various activities - that needs energy which is converted thr...

Diabetes diagnosis - How do I know if I'm diabetic?

Diabetes   mellitus is a disease   of multiple causes characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with problems in carbohydrate metabolism because of defects in insulin action, insulin secretion or both. This syndrome is frequently correlated with long term problems for organs like heart, kidneys, eyes and blood vessels. More than 50% of all patients with diabetes do no exhibit any symptoms at all until diagnosed. Hence it becomes imperative for earlier diabetes diagnosis than later. You can watch this video for information in Hindi on how diabetes diagnosis is done. Who should check for diabetes? For Indians ideally all the individuals above 30 years of age should be screened for diabetes. If you are positive for any one or more following risk factors, then you ought to be tested sooner regardless of your age:   You have diabetes in the family such as parents, grand parents. You are overweight or obese where your body mass index  is more than ...