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Diabetes is not a disease but a metabolic condition. The body’s ability to regulate the amount of glucose in the body goes haywire for a number of reasons and the blood glucose levels begin to shoot up. These high blood glucose levels cause a number of morbid side effects and even, in extreme cases, trauma. So you should be aware of the tell-tale signs of this lurking danger.

One of the early warning signs of diabetes is thirst, frequent and powerful thirst. The body tries to compensate for the altered blood composition by copious drinks of water. Another early warning sign is violent nausea. The stomach-turning nausea is not due to eating anything disagreeable or toxic. Attendant symptoms are a feeling of breathlessness, dizziness, and anxiety.

The abnormal blood composition damages the nerve fibers. This leads to a secondary condition known as neuropathy. Though neuropathy attacks the entire nervous system, the damage to the optic nerves is the first to get noticed. Often, the neuropathic attack damages the retina to such an extent that the patient suffers from lifelong vision problems.

Diabetes-induced neuropathy targets the various organs of the body especially the digestive system. Flatulence, acidity, highly irregular bowel motions like diarrhea and constipation are all provoked by diabetes-induced neuropathy. Neuropathy affects the bladder. Bladder control becomes a problem which means frequent and uncontrollable urination, which can lead to highly embarrassing situations.

If a person suffers cuts, bruises, and wounds that do not heal but, do in fact, deteriorate, suspect excess blood glucose to be the culprit. The skin feels itchy, and wounds tend to turn raw and infected.

These signs and symptoms are very misleading. You tend to associate each of these symptoms with some other illness or problem. Nausea? “Something I ate at Al’s Diner!” Vision problem? “Age catching up!” Frequent urination? “Infection of the urinary tract.” In each case, diabetes is able to avert suspicion from itself! So no one suspects diabetes in the early stages of the condition. They have diabetes, yet are not aware of it.

If someone really close to you exhibits any one of these symptoms, or you do yourself, then it is best that you take this seriously and get a medical opinion on it. The medical practitioner is best able to diagnose your condition. If he advises a glucose test, have it done. The sooner diabetes is diagnosed the better for all concerned. Turn the searchlight on the lurker and drive him out into the open!