Hey guys! All good? Are you having cramps, restless legs, tingling in your legs, nightmares, and sleepless nights?
Did you know that these could be warning signs of diabetes at night? Diabetes is a chronic disease that can manifest itself in many ways. Alarm signals may begin to appear at night or during the day.
And there are all kinds of signs and symptoms. It is therefore important that you know what these symptoms are so that you can reverse this situation and manage diabetes in the best way. So stay with me until the end of the video to find out what the first symptoms of diabetes are.
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Click the bell to receive all notifications of upcoming videos that are unmissable. Have you ever heard that diabetes can give you alarm symptoms at night, while you sleep? Yes, signs that you would never think have anything to do with this disease.
So, stay tuned to be able to reverse this situation and see your doctor as quickly as possible. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas cannot produce insulin, or when its production is insufficient, or when the body is not able to make good use of the insulin produced. Type 1 is those who cannot produce insulin, and type 2 is that group of diabetics who have difficulty using the insulin they produce.
Type 1 cases usually appear in childhood and adolescence. Type 2 affects adults more frequently, normally people who are overweight or obese. Diabetes is considered a silent disease because many people are unaware that they have the disease, or because they are not aware of the small signs that it starts to show, and that is what you will find out in this video.
According to the Ministry of Health, several studies have shown a direct relationship between altered glucose levels and cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attack, stroke, or stroke. As I always say in the office, a good cardiologist should know how to treat diabetes as well or even better than an endocrinologist, because this disease is a risk factor for numerous heart diseases. By the way, guys, did you know that Clínica Yano is here in Indaiatuba?
So, those of you from Indaiatuba, Sorocaba, Jundiaí, São Paulo, Limeira, Piracicaba, can consult with me in person, as we are here in Indaiatuba, and I also serve all of Brazil via telemedicine. For anyone interested, I will leave the link to the appointment here in the description. But, let's talk about the nighttime warning signs that are related to diabetes.
For you to understand better, you first need to understand the relationship that diabetics have with obesity. One of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes is obesity. We know that more than 80% of people with diabetes are obese.
Look at that strong correlation! “Ah doctor, I understand. If I reach my ideal weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle, can I reverse my diabetes?
” Maybe so, folks. Obesity not only increases your risk of having diabetes, but also your risk of being hypertensive, having high cholesterol, and even having sleep-related disorders. On the other hand, we also know that those who don't sleep well inhibit insulin production because it raises cortisol levels there.
Consequently, glucose levels become higher in the blood. So it becomes a snowball, right? For diabetics, there is an imbalance in the relationship between glucose and insulin at night.
This can cause a person to have sleep disorders. In other words, you may start to have warning signs that seem to have nothing to do with those classic diabetes symptoms. Diabetes can influence hormone levels by affecting brain chemicals that are associated with sleep, such as serotonin.
These changes may contribute to disorders of sleep, including having nightmares, having episodes of night terrors. Another factor that influences these symptoms is stress and anxiety, which can even worsen these nightmarish episodes. But what about you there?
Do you feel this often? Comment here and I want to know. You're having a lot of nightmares at night, right?
So keep an eye out. Additionally, you may have restless legs there at night. Diabetic neuropathy, which is a common complication of diabetes, affects the nerves.
And this can lead to unpleasant sensations in the legs, such as tingling, numbness, pain. These symptoms can intensify during the night and end up disturbing your sleep and causing restlessness in your leg. Diabetes may also be related to sleep apnea.
People with diabetes are more likely to develop sleep apnea and vice versa as well. People with sleep apnea may have a greater chance of developing diabetes in the future. This is because apnea can worsen blood glucose.
Frequent interruptions in breathing during sleep can cause more stress for the body, lead to insulin resistance and, consequently, increase blood glucose levels. Sleep apnea can also worsen complications associated with diabetes, such as heart disease, for example. When a person has pauses in breathing, there is a lack of oxygen and this can overload the heart, increase blood pressure, accelerate the heartbeat and increase the risk of a heart attack, for example.
If you have sleep apnea or if your partner says that you snore a lot and, out of nowhere, you stop breathing, see a cardiologist to investigate your sleep apnea. At Clínica Yano, for example, we perform polysomnography, which diagnoses apnea. With the diagnosis in hand, we can provide the ideal treatment for each case.
If you are experiencing any of the signs I have told you about so far, night terrors, frequent nightmares, restless legs, leg pain, go to your cardiologist to evaluate you and request some blood tests. We can make a diagnosis very quickly through simple tests, such as fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, which I talk about in all my videos. All the patient needs to do is seek help.
So, are you enjoying the video? If you are enjoying the video, share it with your friends and family as this is a public service video. Most people don't know that diabetes raises alarm bells at night.
So, let everyone know. You share and we help save the world. And you know that there are other signs that diabetes gives.
These signs and symptoms are classic and initial signs of type 2 diabetes. In addition to the nighttime symptoms that I mentioned to you, it is crucial to understand and know how to identify the other initial signs of type 2 diabetes, which often go unnoticed. And when you, as a patient, can notice these signs, you see a doctor long before complications appear.
Come on then, what are the other signs you should look out for? First sign: thirst and frequent urination. So, one of the classic signs of diabetes is increased thirst, also known as polydipsia.
This occurs when blood glucose is in excess and ends up leading to an increase in your urine production. This loss of water in the urine ends up giving this feeling of excessive thirst. If you notice that you are drinking more water than usual and going to the bathroom more frequently, it is time to seek medical advice.
Second sign: fatigue and weakness. A lack of energy and a constant feeling of tiredness can also be indicative of type 2 diabetes. This is because the cells are not receiving the adequate amount of glucose there to produce glucose.
If you notice, most of the diseases I talk about, they cause fatigue, weakness. So, put the following in your head, are you feeling more fatigued than normal? Is weakness something you can't explain?
Are you tired without even having made any great effort or moderate effort? See your doctor immediately to investigate this fatigue. You see how easy it is, right guys?
Come on, the third sign is blurry vision. Visual blurring, blurred vision, occurs due to excess glucose in the blood. This can affect the fluids in the eyes.
The person then has difficulty focusing on the vision there. Every diabetic must consult an ophthalmologist to evaluate the fundus of the eye. The fundus of the eye is like a window that can reveal various diseases, such as decompensated diabetes, poorly controlled high blood pressure, several other diseases, folks.
So if you feel like your vision is bad or blurry, see an ophthalmologist. If he has something different in your eye fundus, he will certainly refer you to a cardiologist. Fourth sign: slow healing.
Diabetes can harm small blood vessels and nerves, disrupting blood flow and causing this sensation in specific areas of the body. These complications slow healing and may increase the risk of infections. The lack of an effective immune response in the presence of an open wound can lead to the most serious complications, including chronic infections and even the formation of ulcers, especially on the legs.
So keep an eye on that too. If you have difficulty healing, you may be diabetic. Fifth sign: itching and infections.
So, when blood glucose is high, a person may start to experience itchy skin. Furthermore, the risk of infections in general increases. As the disease affects the proper functioning of the urinary tract, you may begin to experience recurring infections.
In these cases, it is important to treat the infection correctly and investigate whether you have diabetes or not. So, do you have any of these signs? It is very important that people become aware and know the early signs of type 2 diabetes.
This could save a life. This way, we can prevent, diagnose early and treat this disease that affects more than 15 million Brazilians. It is very important to have a healthy lifestyle, do regular exercise, eat well, sleep well, have a healthy lifestyle, take medication if necessary, lose weight if you are overweight.
All of this will help to improve your diabetes and prevent you from having the consequences of poorly controlled diabetes. So, if you are diabetic, losing weight probably won't cure the disease, but you will certainly be able to control your glucose levels better and often you will even be able to reduce the number of medications you take, in addition to living, logically, a much healthier life. Another thing is physical exercise, guys.
Physical exercise is a great way to control glycemic levels, it will definitely help to at least greatly reduce medication doses. Now, if you are pre-diabetic or have insulin resistance, it may be that by losing weight, reaching your ideal weight, you will be able to control your blood sugar without the use of medication. But in conclusion, guys, are you aware of the initial signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes, it is the first step towards an early diagnosis and effective treatment.
If you or someone you know experiences these symptoms, do not hesitate to seek medical help. Prevention and adequate control are essential for a healthy and balanced life. Share this important information and we'll see you in the next video.
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