Once type 2 diabetes develops, symptoms include unusual thirst, a frequent need to urinate, blurred vision, or extreme fatigue. Talk to your doctor to see if you need to be tested for pre-diabetes. By identifying the signs of pre-diabetes before diabetes occurs, you can prevent type 2 diabetes all together and lower your risk of complications associated with this condition such as heart disease.
Type 2 diabetes is more insidious it creeps up more slowly so the patient might not be aware of an increased thirst or passing more urine but may have noticed they are feeling more tired than usual, or they may notice the development of thrush, as thrush thrives in sugar laden tissues, or skin infections such as boils.
POORLY MANAGED DIABETES AND THAT INCLUDES TYPE 2 CAN RESULT IN GANGRENE LOSS OF LIMBS AND BLINDNESS
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Type 2 diabetes is more insidious it creeps up more slowly so the patient might not be aware of an increased thirst or passing more urine but may have noticed they are feeling more tired than usual, or they may notice the development of thrush, as thrush thrives in sugar laden tissues, or skin infections such as boils.
POORLY MANAGED DIABETES AND THAT INCLUDES TYPE 2 CAN RESULT IN GANGRENE LOSS OF LIMBS AND BLINDNESS
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| GANGRENE CAN OCCUR THROUGH POORLY MANAGED DIABETES |
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Ignorance of diabetes is 'a disaster in waiting': 70% of Brits don't know disease can lead to amputations and blindness
- Only 16% of people know that diabetes is linked to heart attacks and just seven per cent are aware it can trigger strokes
- Just 50% of people know that being overweight is a risk factor for diabetes
- Only 13% realise having a relative with the condition raises their risk
Widespread ignorance about the damaging effects of diabetes is exposed in a poll out today.
Some 70 per cent of Britons said they did not know that the most serious form of the disease can lead to amputations and blindness.
Only 16 per cent knew that heart attacks are linked to type 2 diabetes and just 7 per cent realised it could trigger strokes, according to the survey.
Some 70 per cent of Britons do not know that the most serious form of diabetes can lead to amputations and blindness
The lack of awareness comes despite the fact that those with the illness are 36 per cent more likely to die in any given year than those without it of the same age.
Diabetes UK commissioned the survey as part of a £2million campaign funded in partnership with Tesco to raise awareness of the risk factors.
The charity’s chief executive Barbara Young said the aim is to ‘lay to rest the myth’ that type 2 diabetes is a mild condition.
‘This is a misconception that is wrecking lives and is the reason that as a country we are sleepwalking towards a public health disaster of an almost unimaginable scale,’ she said.
Only 16 per cent know that heart attacks are linked to type 2 diabetes and just seven per cent realise it can trigger strokes, according to the survey
Losing weight, eating more fruit and vegetables and becoming more active are thought to cut the risks of diabetes.
But only half of those who took part in the poll knew being overweight was a risk factor.
Only 13 per cent realised that having a family member with diabetes raises the danger and one in 100 mentioned being South Asian or black as a risk factor.
Without urgent action, campaigners fear cases of type 2 diabetes will rise by one million to five million by 2025.
