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Some of the most common symptoms are:

  • sudden weight gain or weight loss
  • lack of energy
  • tired and run down feeling
  • irritability
  • frequent urination
  • dry mouth (with or without thirst)
  • increased thirst
  • chronic fatigue
  • muscle weakness
  • itching
  • tingling or numbness in feet or toes
  • slow healing of cuts or bruises
  • muscle aches and pains
  • yeast infections
  • variable blurry vision

You may have just some of the symptoms or you may have all of them.

However, many people are diabetic without experiencing symptoms (or mistakenly think that their symptoms are caused by something else). There is no way of telling, with 100% certainty (without medical confirmation) that you are or are not diabetic.

If you are pre-diabetic type 2, you can adopt a good, healthful diet, lose 15 to 20 pounds and walk at least 30 minutes daily to alleviate the issue. If you are borderline diabetic type 2 that may help avoid having a Diabetes diagnosis when you do finally see the doctor. This is a serious disease and you would not want to go untreated since there is more that you need to do if you are diabetic.

The smart approach is to diagnose your diabetes type 2 before it starts causing symptoms, because by the time it's caused symptoms a great deal of permanent damage has already been done to your body. Ideally, you would like to be diagnosed when you are in the pre-diabetes stage, which is before you even have diabetes itself. At this point, there are no symptoms whatsoever. You would need to see your doctor and you would need to be tested.

Whether type 1 diabetic or type 2, you would need to see your doctor and have tests. Diabetes type 1 must be treated with insulin. Diabetes type 2 may or may not need to be treated by insulin.

If you have diabetes type 1, you will need insulin.

If you have diabetes type 2, you may be able to control your condition through just diet and exercise. Others, however, also need to take insulin or medications.

**Do not try to "cure" diabetes symptoms without a diagnosis. In many cases, people later diagnosed with diabetes type 1 (who tried to control it with just diet and exercise) have SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS. This can include COMAS and DEATH. Contact a medical professional if you are worried.**

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