Dr Lalitha Badul
Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. Insulin is a hormone made by beta cells in the pancreas.
Symptoms experienced by women and men:
• increased thirst and hunger.
• frequent urination.
• weight loss or gain that has no obvious cause.
• fatigue.
• blurred vision.
• wounds that heal slowly.
• nausea.
• skin infections.
• patches of darker skin in areas of the body that have creases.
• Irritability.
• breath that has a sweet, fruity, or acetone odour.
• reduced feeling in your hands or feet.
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