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Tell tale signs you may have pre-type II diabetes or full on type II diabetes

Trisha — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:49:07 +0000

Tell tale signs you may have pre-type II diabetes or full on type II diabetes

Really hungry all the time especially craving carbohydrates such as bread, sugar, juice, soda/fizzy drinks, dried fruits – just eaten a full meal but feel that you need something else to eat. Almost an insatiable hunger.

Stress and emotions running high, mood swings, anger, patterns outside of normal behaviour

Sweating. This symptom is controlled by the autonomic nervous system (the part of the central nervous system that governs the skin, among other things) is a good indication that blood sugar is out of balance.

Dizziness and light-headedness. This can be a little dangerous, depending on the job you are doing.

Lack of concentration and being able to focus – foggy thinking, tired all the time.

Shakes and tremors. The central nervous system starts to malfunction when glucose (sugar) levels are out of balance, and the release of a chemical compound catecholamines, which stimulates the production of glucose production, may produce these symptoms until the blood sugar levels out.

Anxiety and Heart Palpitations. When glucose (sugar) levels fall too low, the hormonal system instructs the adrenal glands to release the hormone ephinephrine (also called adrenaline), which sends a message to the liver to release glucose (sugar). This can sometimes be too much and you get a rush of adrenaline (ephinephrine) which can cause you to have an anxiety attack which may cause your heart to palpitate (pump)

Restless nights, low blood sugar may cause a number of sleep disturbances with symptoms such as night sweats, dreams/nightmares, waking suddenly, feeling of unrest and confusion upon waking.

Blurred vision or poor night vision may be due to a drop in blood sugar.

Slurred speech is caused by low blood glucose to the brain – this may sound like you have had too much alcohol.