It is caused by pancreas damage due to either an immune system defect or some other culprit that destroys the beta cells in the pancreas. Without these beta cells, the body is unable to produce insulin, and glucose builds in the blood. Insulin is usually taken to provide an artificial insulin source.

Symptoms of Juvenile Diabetes

The symptoms are not always easy to recognize, especially in children. Because vomiting or nausea can occur sometimes, the symptoms are mistaken as those of a virus or flu. That´s why it´s good to be familiar with the symptoms and observe your child closely if you feel they are at risk.

Here are some common early warning signs:

Extreme Hunger and Thirst

The body´s insulin can drop to almost none with juvenile diabetes. As a result, extreme cravings for food or sweet, cold drinks might occur. A sudden, dramatic weight loss may also occur.

Fatigue and Weakness

The body can become weak and very tired when no insulin is being produced. This weakness or fatigue could be mistaken for a virus or flu. If combined with any of the other symptoms, these are definite warning signs.

Frequent Bed-Wetting and Urination

In young children, a sudden occurrence of bed-wetting can be a sign of juvenile diabetes. If your child has stopped wetting the bed, but then starts again later on, this could be a symptom. Also, frequent urination during both day and night is a symptom.

Vision is Blurred

If your child complains of blurred vision or changes in their eyesight, this could also be a symptom of juvenile diabetes. The vision can be impaired because tissue is being pulled from the eyes to compensate for loss of tissue in other areas of the body.

Symptoms for Girls

Girls may experience frequent vaginal yeast infections, or Candida infections. At the first sign of a yeast infection in a young girl, ask your doctor to test her for diabetes as a precaution.

A child with juvenile diabetes may also become irritable, restless, or have trouble concentrating at school.

Severe Symptoms

Unfortunately, many parents and children are unaware of juvenile diabetes until severe symptoms occur such as a diabetic coma. Around 25% of patients are already in diabetic ketoacidosis when they see the doctor for the first time with juvenile diabetes. In severe cases, a child will have a fruity odour on his/her breathe and may breathe deeply and rapidly. When the insulin level “bottoms out,” the disease is very evident and must be treated immediately or death could occur.

Even if you don´t feel your child is at risk now, keep a close eye on their daily habits to ensure early detection if juvenile diabetes is present. Your child´s life is precious. Don´t take risks – know the symptoms of juvenile diabetes

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Diabetes is a defect in the body’s ability to convert glucose to energy. It is caused due to insufficient production of glucose by the pancreas. In diabetes patients, the production of glucose is impaired.

What are the symptoms of Diabetes?

Patients with Type-1 diabetes usually develop symptoms over a short period of time, and the condition is often diagnosed in an emergency setting.

Symptoms of type 1 diabetes:

Increased thirst
Fatigue
Nausea
Increased urination
Weight loss in spite of increased appetite
Vomiting

However, because Type-2 diabetes develops slowly, some people with high blood sugar experience no symptoms at all.

Symptoms of type 2 diabetes:

Increased thirst
Impotence in men
Increased appetite
Increased urination
Blurred vision
Fatigue
Slow-healing infections

How to diagnose diabetes?

The diagnosis of diabetes is made by a simple blood test measuring blood glucose level. Usually blood glucose level tests are repeated on a subsequent day to confirm the diagnosis. Your health care team may also request that you have a glucose tolerance test. If two hours after taking the glucose drink your glucose level is 200 or above, you will be diagnosed as having diabetes.

How can I control diabetes?

Gather all the information about diabetes, its symptoms and causes
Check your blood glucose level regularly
If find any symptom of diabetes, visit your health care team for diagnosis of diabetes
Ask your health care team about how to check blood glucose level at home
Stop smoking
Exercise daily
Follow a healthy meal plan
Check your vision at regular intervals, If found blurred visit your health care team
Check your feet regularly for checking the occurrence of diabetes
If you are diabetic, monitor you diabetes regularly
Follow instructions of health care team strictly
Avoid sweet ingredients, use sugar free food

Can diabetes be cured?

As yet, there is no treatment for either type of diabetes, although there are many ways of keeping diabetes in control. Studies have shown that good control of blood glucose (blood sugar) is the key to avoid diabetic complications later.

What are the treatment options to cure diabetes?

Diabetes is incurable. The only option is to prevent ourselves from diabetes or to keep diabetes under control.

Is diabetes a hereditary disease?

You are at higher risk of Type 2 diabetes if you have a parent, brother or sister with diabetes.

Complications of Diabetes

If you have diabetes, you are much more likely to have a risk of stroke, heart disease, or a heart attack. In fact, 2 out of 3 people with diabetes die from stroke or heart disease. There are three conditions that make people with diabetes vulnerable to foot problems. These are vascular disease and foot deformities. About 30 percent of patients with Type 1 diabetes and 10 to 40 percent of those with Type 2 diabetes eventually will suffer from kidney failure. Diabetes also may cause damage to nerves in your body.

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The symptoms of type 1 diabetes appear suddenly and may be rather severe in nature. Usually detected during childhood, type 1 diabetes may cause a serious condition called diabetic ketoacidosis, which causes vomiting, nausea, and dehydration. If left untreated, symptoms become more intense and the condition may eventually lead to coma or even death.

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Type 2 Diabetes

The signs of type 2 diabetes are usually subtle, often going unnoticed for many years before a blood test reveals the presence of the disease. The symptoms of diabetes may also be wrongly attributed to obesity or aging, and if not properly treated, may lead to other serious complications including heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, or permanent nerve damage.

The common symptoms of diabetes that occur with both major types of the disease include:

- Excessive urination: Excessive urination, or polyuria, occurs when the body attempts to rid the system of extra glucose through the urine. This condition may then lead to dehydration after losing large amounts of water when excreting the excess sugars.

- Excessive thirst: Excessive thirst, or polydipsia, occurs when the brain receives a signal to dilute the blood in order to deal with the extra glucose. This signal is translated as thirst by the body, which needs to consume more water to counteract the loss by the excessive urination.

- Unexplained weight loss: People with diabetes may experience weight loss even though they are taking in a normal, healthy amount of food, or even an excessive amount, as the disease affects the way the body processes calories. Dehydration and excessive urination are other symptoms that may also contribute to unexplained weight loss.

- Excessive eating: One of the functions of insulin, which is secreted to counter high levels of blood sugar, is to stimulate the appetite. Too much insulin may cause increased hunger and lead to overeating, a condition known as polyphagia.

- Fatigue: Diabetes causes the body to have difficulty processing and using glucose as a means of fuel. To compensate, the body must then work harder to metabolize fat as an alternate source of fuel, which may cause fatigue and a constant feeling of tiredness.

- Slow-healing wounds: Both oxygen and white blood cells are necessary for healing and regenerating new tissue, but when the level of sugar is too high, those cells aren’t able to function normally, causing the body to be susceptible to infections and taking longer than usual to heal. Those who have had diabetes for many years may also have poor circulation, which also causes wounds to need more healing time due to a thickening of the blood vessels.

- Frequent infections: Urinary tract infections and both skin and yeast infections are symptoms of diabetes that may be the result of a suppressed immune system. Infections may also be from the extra glucose within the body’s tissues, which allows bacteria to grow in excess.

- Blurry vision: While blurred vision isn’t technically a symptom that’s specific for either type of diabetes, it does occur frequently when blood sugar levels are abnormally high.

- Altered mental state: Symptoms of diabetes, such as confusion, agitation or irritability, may be the result of either very low levels of blood sugar, which is known as hypoglycemia, or from extremely high blood glucose levels, or hyperglycemia.

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Increased Thirst

Someone who is suffering from diabetes, and especially someone who is not aware of it, will feel that they are unnaturally thirsty. Should you feel that you have a dry mouth and a constant need to consume liquids, especially drinks which are not fizzy; then this is an indication that you have Type 1 diabetes. Although this is an indication, it is worthy of note, that that is all it is. There are many other perfectly good reasons why someone could feel like this, and only when this is something you are suffering from at the same time as other symptoms should you be overly concerned. This should not put you off consulting a medical professional.

Needing To Urinate a lot

If you need to pass water a lot then this could be an indicator that you have Type 1 diabetes. There are certain things that should be taken into account here. For instance, if you are drinking more, which is also a sign of diabetes; then it is only natural that you will need to urinate more. However, if you need to urinate at night more so than you feel is needed for the amount you are drinking, then this could be a concern. Because this and the first symptom are inherently linked, you should consider looking for another symptom.

Tiredness

If you are feeling increasingly tired and fatigued then this could be as a result of Type 1 diabetes. Tiredness and fatigue are one of the main outcomes of depleted insulin, but again this symptom can sometimes be considered to be inherently linked to thirst, which can in turn lead to an increased propensity to urinate. Despite that, continued fatigue and tiredness should always be something that makes you want to visit a medical professional for their advice.

General Itching

If you feel itchy, this could be caused by Type 1 diabetes. Again, this is a symptom which is very common as a result of other problems that your body can suffer from time to time. Like continued tiredness, itching as a long term problem, is certainly something which you should visit a medical professional regarding.

If you feel a number of symptoms mentioned above then you should not hold back in visiting a medical professional for their advice and opinion. It is best to be safe than sorry.

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More Thirsty Than Usual

If you notice you have been drinking a lot more than you usually would then this could be an indicator. This is also something which can be provoked by a variety of other things, so you should not assume you have diabetes based on this factor alone.

Need To Use the Toilet More

If you need to use the toilet more, especially at night, then this means you might have type-2 diabetes. It is worthy of note that this may relate to drinking more, and should only be a consideration when occurring at the same time as other factors. This and being thirsty are obviously interrelated.

Tired

Feeling tired and fatigued can be caused by diabetes type 2. If you feel this at the same time as other factors then you should certainly consult a medical professional.

Loss of Weight

Type 2 as well as Type 1 diabetes sufferers will all too often experience a loss of weight before they are properly treated by a medical professional.

Skin Infections and Itching

Skin infections, not too dissimilar from eczema in appearance, can be caused by diabetes. If you feel increasingly compelled to scratch yourself, this is another strong indicator.

Cramps

Stomach cramps are often something which is a result of untreated type 2 diabetes. If you are noticing symptoms along this line, at the same time as others mentioned here, you should seek professional help.

Constipation

Constipation is commonly present in type 2 diabetes sufferers that have gone untreated. Constipation along with stomach cramps are very common symptoms.

Blurred Vision

If you are having blurred vision of any kind, it is strongly recommended that you consult a medical professional immediately because that is very serious whether or not you have diabetes. A medical professional will then be able to tell you if you have diabetes type 2 or not.

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Signs and symptoms
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The classical triad of diabetes symptoms is polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia, which are, respectively,
frequent urination; increased thirst and consequent increased fluid intake; and increased appetite. Symptoms may develop quite rapidly (weeks or months)
in type 1 diabetes, particularly in children. However, in type 2 diabetes the symptoms develop much more slowly and may be subtle or completely absent. Type 1 diabetes may also cause a rapid yet significant weight loss (despite normal or even increased eating) and irreducible fatigue. All of these symptoms except weight loss can also manifest in type 2 diabetes in patients whose diabetes is poorly controlled.

When the glucose concentration in the blood is raised beyond the renal threshold, reabsorption of glucose in
the proximal renal tubuli is incomplete, and part of the glucose remains in the urine (glycosuria). This
increases the osmotic pressure of the urine and inhibits the reabsorption of water by the kidney, resulting in
increased urine production (polyuria) and increased fluid loss. Lost blood volume will be replaced osmotically from water held in body cells, causing dehydration and increased thirst.

Prolonged high blood glucose causes glucose absorption, which leads to changes in the shape of the lenses of the eyes, resulting in vision changes. Blurred vision is a common complaint leading to a diabetes diagnosis; type 1 should always be suspected in cases of rapid vision change whereas type 2 is generally more gradual, but should still be suspected.

Patients (usually with type 1 diabetes) may also present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an extreme state of
metabolic dysregulation characterized by the smell of acetone on the patient’s breath; a rapid, deep breathing known as Kussmaul breathing; polyuria; nausea; vomiting and abdominal pain; and any of many altered states of consciousness or arousal
(such as hostility and mania or, equally, confusion and lethargy). In severe DKA, coma may follow, progressing to death. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a medical emergency and requires hospital admission.

A rarer but equally severe possibility is hyperosmolar nonketotic state, which is more common in type 2 diabetes and is mainly the result of dehydration due to loss of body water. Often, the patient has been drinking extreme amounts of sugar-containing drinks, leading to a vicious circle in regard
to the water loss.

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