Diabetes Risk

Today, the risk of being diabetic is so high that it becomes very important that it is diagnosed earlier so that the later complications can be prevented or delayed. You may be at the risk of being diabetic if you have

• High Blood Pressure
• Highly Blood Triglyceride levels
• Gestational diabetes or if you have delivered a baby weighing more than 4 kgs
• High-fat diet and consumption of excessive alcohol
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Obesity and weight circumference > 90 cm in make and > 85 cm in female
• Family history (hereditary)
• Aging – more risk after 45 years.

The risk factors like family history, age and ethnicity are unavoidable. However, there are chances that healthy diet and physical activity can prevent or control diabetes.

• If you urinate frequently – the urination increases if there is excess glucose in the blood. Due to less or ineffective insulin, the kidneys may fail to filter excessive glucose back to the blood.
• When your thirst for water increases – If you feel thirsty very often and drink more water than usual and urinate more frequently may mean diabetes.
• When you feel hungry very hungry – When your body does not digest enough glucose, the need for more glucose arises. This is leads to you being hungry very often.
• Unusual loss of weight – When the cells do not get enough glucose, the body desperately seeks for an energy source and starts to break down muscle tissue and fat for more energy.
• Increased fatigue – because glucose is not utilized, cells become energy starved; you feel tired and run down.

Apart from about mentioned symptoms, other symptoms like irritability, blurred vision, tingling or numbness in hands, legs or feet, dry or itchy skin, and wound which doesn’t heal are to be looked at.