Why does diabetes cause thirst?

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Diabetes is a chronic disease that can affect any patient, seriously affecting the patient's health and quality of life. There are many clinical symptoms that can appear when having diabetes, one of the typical signs is thirst.

1. Diabetes or thirst?

Diabetes is a disease that progresses silently and is difficult to detect in the early stages, so in order to be proactive in detecting and treating the disease in time, the patient should still go for regular health check-ups to check the symptoms. disease symptoms. Clinically, when the body has some typical symptoms, the patient can be suspected of diabetes such as thirst, urination many times a day, abnormal weight loss, body or hunger and fatigue, etc. ..
In addition, if the disease is at a later stage, the patient may appear blurred vision, susceptible to infectious diseases, fungal infections. More severe symptoms may be slow healing of wounds on the body, hands and feet may be numb, itching feels like ants crawling,...
In which, thirst when having diabetes is one of them. Symptoms are quite common in patients with diabetes, appear early and are often accompanied by signs of dry mouth. The patient is often thirsty, although after adding water several times a day, he still feels unusually thirsty compared to before.

2. Why are diabetics thirsty?

The cause of diabetes or thirst is explained by the fact that when suffering from diabetes, the patient cannot metabolize glucose as well as usual because of a lack of insulin production in the body. Therefore, the blood glucose content is quite high, at this time, the body will separate water from the cells, then pump this water into the blood to dilute the excess glucose concentration that is accumulated in the blood. Therefore, the cells in the body are always dehydrated, leading to a lack of water, so they will transmit signals and stimulate the brain to cause constant thirst despite drinking a lot of water.
To improve this symptom somewhat, patients can increase vegetables and fruits in their daily diet to add vitamins and minerals needed to reduce thirst and dry mouth. However, the most important and necessary thing is that patients should visit medical facilities for a definitive diagnosis, thereby treating the disease more effectively.

3. Conclusion

Thirst when having diabetes is one of the early symptoms of this disease, reminding the patient of the health condition that needs attention and examination to find out the cause of this condition. Therefore, as soon as these signs or some other functional symptoms appear, the patient should actively go to the hospital for medical support.
Early diabetes screening can help people avoid more serious complications of the disease; including chronic hyperglycemia with damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and blood vessels, increased risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease.
Vinmec International General Hospital is currently implementing a screening package for diabetes and dyslipidemia to help detect pre-diabetes early, accurately classify diabetes type, develop a nutritional regimen, monitoring to minimize the risk and complications caused by diabetes.

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