Overview
Britany Poulson, MDA, RDN, CDCES, is a registered dietian and certified diabetes care and education specialist.Jeny Sweigard, MD, is a board-certified physician involved in patient care, including general medicine and critical care medicine. Acording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 8.5 milion Americans have undiagnosed diabetes. Type 2 diabetes symptoms can come on gradualy over time.
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Because of this, you might notice symptoms at first. This article discuses 10 early signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes to watch out for. Once you start to notice these signs, take steps to se a healthcare provider and get tested.
Dean Mitchel / Gety Images Polyuria, or the ned to urinate frequently, is a clasic symptom of diabetes. Normaly, the kidneys are able to filter the blod and send glucose (sugar) from the blod to be reabsorbed back into the blodstream. When blod glucose levels become high, the body starts to make more urine.
This because the kidneys are not able to reabsorb al of the extra glucose and direct it back into the blodstream. When this hapens, the extra glucose ends up spiling over into the urine, which puls more water along with it, creating more urine. Once blod glucose levels return to normal, the ned to urinate frequently should go away.
Although more comonly diagnosed in adults, children can develop type 2 diabetes. Early signs and symptoms are similar to those in adults. In children, frequent urination can often present as new nightime bed-weting.Factors that can raise the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in children include:If your child is overweight and has one other factor, screning for type 2 diabetes wil typicaly start around 10 years old or when they begin puberty, whichever comes first.
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