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Each year, 1.2 million Americans are diagnosed with some form of diabetes
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For many, there were telltale signs that led them to their diagnosis. When there is not enough insulin or you're resistant to insulin, the glucose levels go up
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And that's when you potentially face life-threatening complications. Dr. Stanley Matthew tells Straight Arrow News the warning signs of diabetes are loud and clear
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You have the usual symptoms of feeling tired and not enough energy and this sort of stuff
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But the big ones that people talk about are always thirsty, peeing out a lot, hungry all the time
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vision changes where you notice some blurring of vision probably, frequent infections or skin infections
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that just there's no explanation for it. I'm getting, you know, this infection, that infection
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In women, frequent vaginal yeast infections. These sort of things are common symptoms that can happen, especially when the blood sugars are very, very high
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Dr. Matthew explains vision changes will vary both before and after diagnosis
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The lens of the eye are very high. The blood sugars, I mean, water leaves the lens of the eye, which caused the lens of the eye to be flatter, quote unquote, causing vision changes
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And then once you fix the diabetes, the vision again changes because it gets better now where the water can stay in the lens of the eye
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While family history may play a slight role, Dr. Matthews says you should be culturally conscious
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Hispanics, Asians, I mean, who have a much higher proportion of patients than they have diabetes
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So, you know, being aware and then trying to take care of it. How you take care of it depends on whether you have type 1 or type 2
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For more information, make sure to download the Straight Arrow News app. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Henry
