Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes often goes undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless.
Some diabetes symptoms include:
- Frequent urination
- Excessive thirst
- Extreme hunger
- Unusual weight loss
- Increased fatigue
- Irritability
- Blurry vision
Although doctors and patients alike tend to group all patients with diabetes
together, the truth is that there are two different types of diabetes which are
similar in their elevated blood sugar, but different in many other ways.
Throughout the remainder of these web pages we will be referring to the
different types of diabetes when appropriate, but when the topic pertains to
both types of diabetes we will use the general term "diabetes".
Diabetes is correctly divided into two major subgroups: Type 1 diabetes and Type
2 diabetes. This division is based upon whether the blood sugar problem is
caused by insulin deficiency (Type 1) or insulin resistance (Type 2). Insulin
deficiency means there is not enough insulin being made by the pancreas due to a
malfunction of their insulin producing cells. Insulin resistance occurs when
there is plenty of insulin made by the pancreas (it is functioning normally and
making plenty of insulin) but the cells of the body are resistant to it's action
which results in the blood sugar being too high.
