Patient Education
Dr. Lotika Purohit and Dr. Suresh Purohit are giving informational talk on the causes and treatment of diabetes and its complications.
If you have some or all of these symptoms, you may have diabetes:
Signs that your blood sugar is too high:
• Extreme thirst
• Urinate often
• Increased hunger
• Blurred vision
• Weight loss or gain
• Feeling tired or sleepy
• Feeling moody or grumpy
• Slow healing of wounds
• Numbness in feet or hands
• Vaginal itching or have vaginal infections often
• Impotence
• Skin itching
• Skin infections such as boils
Signs that your blood sugar is too low:
• Feeling dizzy, shaky, nervous, weak or tired
• Sweating
• Feeling hungry
• Feeling moody or grumpy
• Confusion
• Unable to talk
• Blurred vision
• Fast heart beat - Palpitations
• Feeling of numbness around the mouth
• Headache
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What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder that effects the way our bodies use the food we eat. When food is eaten, the body breaks it down into "glucose" (commonly called "sugar"), which is needed to fuel the body. For glucose to be used to make energy, it must first get INTO the body cells. A hormone called "insulin" is the only way glucose can get into cells.
In a non-diabetic person, the body automatically makes insulin and the glucose is effortlessly pushed into the cells for energy. In people with diabetes however, the body produces little or no insulin, or the cells ignore the insulin that is produced. When glucose can't get into the cells, it builds up in the blood. This gradually damages every part of the body, including the blood circulation, nerves, kidneys, sex organs, heart, and eyes.
The three different types of diabetes:
Type 2 Diabetes:
This is the most common form of diabetes. It is most often associated with older age, obesity, family history, history of gestational diabetes, and physical inactivity. These patients may produce insulin but the body ignores it. As the disease progresses, they may stop producing insulin altogether. Common symptoms of this type of diabetes are fatigue, frequent urination, thirst and hunger, blurred vision, and slow healing of wounds or sores. Some people have no symptoms.
Type 1 Diabetes:
This type is less common and usually appears in childhood or young adulthood. A person who has Type 1 diabetes must take insulin daily to live because the body makes no or very little insulin. Symptoms may include increased thirst and urination, constant hunger, weight loss, blurred vision, extreme fatigue, and life-threatening low blood sugar attacks.
Gestational Diabetes:
Some women develop gestational diabetes late in pregnancy. Although this form usually disappears after the birth of the baby, women who have had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life. Women with gestational diabetes may not experience any symptoms.
