Basically there are 3 symptoms to look out for before suspecting that somebody is beginning to suffer from diabetes. These diabetes symptoms are sometimes called classical diabetes symptoms.1) Frequent urination. In medical terms, this diabetes symptom is called polyuria. When this happens, the person urinates more frequently than normal.
2) Increased thirst and consequently increased fluid intake. This is caused by the loss of water from the body due to frequent urination. A person who urinates more frequently is dehydrating and needs more water. In response to that, the person’s body reacts in form of thirst; thus making him/her to take more water. Medically, this diabetes symptom is called polydipsia.
3) The third of the signs of diabetes is increased appetite for food, which is called polyphagia. this diabetes symptom can make the patient eat like a gluton.
These signs are more noticeable (and profound) in type one diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, they may take time, sometimes years, to show.
Type 1 diabetes can cause rapid weight loss and irreducible fatigue. Though irreducible fatigue can occur in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, it does not lead to weight loss.
There is yet another way to know that a person is suffering from diabetes, though it is not medically and hygienically advised. It is simply by tasting the urine. The urine of a diabetic patient tastes sugary.
The surest way to confirm that a person is diabetic is to go for test in medical laboratory.
