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.

The average person urinates 6-7 times a day. Anywhere between 4 and 10 times a day is also normal if the person is healthy and the number of trips to the bathroom for bathing has not changed.

6. Fatigue

Another common sign of diabetes is constant fatigue. When you have diabetes, you feel tired and sleepy all the time for the same reason you always feel hungry: your cells don’t have enough glucose to use for energy. Dehydration caused by frequent urination also contributes to feeling exhausted.

Fatigue can be a symptom of many other conditions, some not even medical (carb-heavy diet, too much caffeine, aging). But when combined with other symptoms on this list, it could be a sign of diabetes.

7. Blurred vision

When blurred vision isn’t a sign of a more serious eye problem, it could be an early sign of diabetes. This occurs due to shifting fluids, which causes the lens of the eye to swell and change shape. This affects your ability to focus, and things start to look blurry or fuzzy.

These changes in the eye are usually reversible and vision should return to normal as blood sugar levels stabilize with treatment. However, if diabetes is left untreated, these changes can progress and lead to blindness.

8. Unexplained weight loss