Do symptoms of Diabetes occur over time or suddenly?
Monday, January 5th, 2009 | Diabetes Treatment
Symptoms such as constant urge to pee, extreme thirst etc. … will you notice them continuously over a long period of time or can suddenly developing one of the symptoms mean diabetes?
Marcela
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3 Comments to Do symptoms of Diabetes occur over time or suddenly?
Type two diabetes generally causes symptoms to appear gradually (over several years) whereas type one can cause them to appear more quickly… usually within weeks or months.
Tralee AJanuary 7, 2009
type 2 builds up over time. if its not genetic it has been most likely (but not always) lifestyle related
type 1 builds up faster….but not in the way of nothing yesterday but got it today. maybe over a few weeks
also in the mean time while you are thinking that it might be diabetes it gives you a chance to let it go for a bit and see what the change is so you dont go into panic mode
Gary BJanuary 9, 2009
The symptoms occur over time. In the cse of Type 2 diabetes, the symptoms can take YEARS to develop.
That is why diabetes is so insidious. It sneaks up on you real quiet like, and then one day — !!BAM!! — the doctor says you’re diabetic.
Since the problems sneak up so slow, they are often overlooked, or mistaken for other disease, like “aging” or “growing up”. So most people don;t bother going to the doctor until the pain is so bad they can’t stand it — and by that time much permanent damage is done.
Because of all this, the American Diabetes Association says that in most cases of Type 2 Diabetes, the patient has been diabetic for 5-7 YEARS before being diagnosed.
January 6, 2009