What are the first signs of diabetes in women?

The first signs of diabetes in women and men, revealed in the laboratory, is the sugar content in the blood, exceeding the norm. The body tries to fight this phenomenon in order to remove excess substance with urine, the blood is diluted with water. At the same time, there are signs of diabetes mellitus:

- strong thirst;
- Due to the large amount of water drunk, the frequency and volume of urination increases significantly;
- because of the high urine content in the urine, it becomes thicker and more sticky.

When a person is ill, a person can consume 3 to 20 liters of fluid a day, but does not experience relief. Quite often, the first signs of diabetes in women are expressed in sleep disturbances. To drink water, they wake up at night, and in the evening they put a glass next to the bed.

Despite the high content of glucose in the blood, it does not enter the tissues, the fasting of the body begins. This leads to the following manifestations of the disease:

- strong hunger and uncontrolled appetite;
- weakness of muscles;
- a state of half-fainting;
- Strong slimming (up to 20 kg) in a very short time;
- decreased immunity.

Diabetes mellitus in women: secondary signs

There are also secondary signals of the disease in women:
- In the absence of necessary treatment, type I diabetics are rapidly losing weight, they can develop acute conditions that threaten life, in particular ketoacidotic coma. Disease of this type is more often observed in young, can develop in the first years of life.
- Patients with type II of this disease are obese. Symptoms of the disease in a lot of cases, both in men and in women are expressed quite poorly. The disease can begin gradually without acute manifestation of characteristic phenomena.

Usually the first signs of diabetes in women are found in the elderly or middle age.

When the sugar level exceeds the upper permissible limit by almost half, the laboratory signs of the disease reach critical levels. At this time, the same substance in the urine begins to be determined. This leads to another manifestation of diabetes mellitus, namely, infection of the urinary tract occurs.

There are other ailments that are characteristic of this disease. Sometimes it can be suspected that diabetes is developing. Causes, symptoms may be the following:
- Frequent infectious and catarrhal diseases, such as ARI, bronchitis, pneumonia. They can manifest themselves in various ways, but almost always accompanied by coughing, runny nose, fever.
- Often in diabetics at a rather early age develops angina, increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack.
- Nervous sensation and circulation in the legs are broken, which leads to the development of the diabetic foot. In especially severe situations, there may be signs of disease such as ulcers that do not heal for a long time.
- In most cases, diabetic patients have acute problems associated with vision. This is one of the reasons, as a result of which they become permanent clients of the ophthalmologist. It is here that the first signs of diabetes mellitus in women or men can be detected, such as the change and detachment of the retina.
- Often due to the disease, renal failure may develop. In this case, the main signs are added pruritus, insomnia or nightmares.