Diabetes can lead to blindness, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and amputations. Sometimes it can have obvious symptoms, but many people have no symptoms - they learn they have diabetes when they seek help for one of its complications. However, If you or a family member should have any of these symptoms, you should contact your doctor.
Symptoms of High Blood Sugar that Characterize Diabetes
- frequent urination (including during the night)
- unusual thirst
- extreme hunger/weakness
- unexplained weight loss
- extreme fatigue
- blurred vision
- irritability
- itchy skin
- slow healing of cuts and bruises
- frequent infections of skin/gums/vagina/bladder
- tingling/numbing in legs, feet, hands
