The most common symptoms relate to feeling thirsty, passing urine frequently and fatigue. However, one of the biggest challenges with diabetes is that frequently there are no symptoms, resulting in a delay in diagnosis – and the onset of type 1 diabetes is often sudden and dramatic .
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes may be present if the following are being experienced:
- Abnormal thirst and a dry mouth
- Frequent urination
- Extreme tiredness/lack of energy
- Constant hunger
- Sudden weight loss
- Slow-healing wounds
- Recurrent infections
- Blurred vision
OR
- Always feeling tired or drowsy
- Being more irritable or moody than usual
- Frequent urination
- Sudden, unexplained weight loss
- Feeling thirsty and or hungry more than usual
- Tingling or numbness in legs, feet or fingers
- Mouth feeling dry most of the time
- Slow healing sores, cuts or bruises
- Family history of diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes can take several years to diagnose, can be hard to detect and by which time various other complications may also be present.
