[MrTrik]

I know a heck of a lot about diabetes. My wife is diabetic Type 1 (body no longer producing enough or any insulin). She had symptoms and was diagnosed in her 20's.

I was diagnosed type 2 (body producing insulin, it's not working well enough). This was short lived for me. It was induced by a cocktail of drugs during a long hospital stay. Once I got out and back on my feet my blood sugars returned to normal and now I'm not on any diabetic drugs, whether insulin or actos like oral drugs. This is similar to what pregnant women sometimes go through.

When you go to the doctor, they'll have you come in with 'fasting blood sugar'. ie: you need to fast overnight or for 12 hours. They'll prick your finger and use a normal diabetic meter. Takes 5 seconds. They want your blood glucose level to be at 100 or less. Anything over about 100 or so but less than 120 will be a wait and see deal called pre-diabetes. They'll instruct you on diet and exercise. btw, anyone with a meter and test strips can do this test for you.

Over about 120 (or doc might be conservative and say 116 or something) and you have some something going on and it could be diabetes. That's not to say you will always be that way. There are other things that can be going on related to the liver, pancreas, and other blood chemistry things. Usually this is not a big deal at all and can be treated easily.

Over 120 they may want to take blood and do an A1C test. This test tells you what your blood sugars have been like over the last few months or so. A good number is around 5. A bad number is over 7. Different doctors will look at these numbers differently based on lots of things including your weight, age, and lifestyle.

Anyway, the most common symptoms are unexplained weightloss and frequent urination/thurst.

On frequent urination, you can rule out fluid intake easily enough. People with this symptom can cut off drinking fluids early in the evening. Go to bed. And still have to get up a couple times or more during the night to pee.

I'm not a doc, get the blood sugar tested. Diabetes is a long term problem, but in the short term very low blood sugar or very high blood sugar can be extremely serious, even deadly. Moderately high or very high over the long haul creates all the big complications ... limb loss, vision loss, heart problems, circulation problems, impotence, etc.

Most common symptom of too low blood sugar: fainting, passing out
Most common symptom of extremely high blood sugar: chaos. Coma

I'm not a doctor, but PM me if you want.