If your hands and belly show these signs, you may be suffering from diebetes without realizing it

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1. Itchy skin

As mentioned above, when excess sugar is excreted in your urine, it takes fluids from your other tissues, including your skin (your largest organ!). Dry skin can be itchy, and scratching dry skin can cause the skin to become damaged and even infected. Another reason for itchy skin is fungal infections, which are quite common in people with diabetes.

2. Dark spots on the skin

Acanthosis nigricans is a skin condition that presents as dark patches of skin with a velvety texture. They usually appear in areas where the skin folds or stretches most often: on the neck, armpits, groin, elbows, behind the knees, and on the joints of the fingers.

Although this condition can affect otherwise healthy people, it is a common sign of prediabetes or diabetes and should be checked out by your doctor.

3. More appetite

Excessive appetite (polyphagia), along with the increased thirst and urination mentioned above, are the 3 main signs of diabetes. If your body doesn’t produce enough (or any) insulin or respond to it normally, it can’t convert food into the glucose your cells use for energy. And this causes greater hunger that does not go away after eating. In fact, eating only makes your blood sugar rise even more.

If you continue to eat but your hunger persists, you may need to see a doctor, even if you don’t appear to have other symptoms of diabetes.

4. Tingling in the hands or feet

Tingling or pain in your hands or feet (or fingers or toes) is another common sign of diabetes. As mentioned above, high blood sugar leads to poor blood circulation, and this in turn causes nerve damage. Hands and feet, being the parts of the body furthest from the heart, suffer first.

Other signs

5. Increased thirst and urge to urinate

Increased thirst (polydipsia) and frequent urination (polyuria) are the most common symptoms of diabetes. When you have diabetes, your kidneys can’t absorb all the excess sugar. Instead, it ends up in your urine, carrying fluids away from your tissues. This causes you to urinate more and leaves you feeling dehydrated. To quench his thirst, he starts drinking more, which leads to the urge to urinate even more frequently.

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