Contents:
- Medical Video: Do Not Ignore These 10 Early Symptoms of Diabetes
- 1. Dehydration
- 2. Blood loss
- 3. Dry mouth
- 4. Diabetes insipidus
- 5. Diabetes mellitus
Medical Video: Do Not Ignore These 10 Early Symptoms of Diabetes
Thirst is the body's way of telling you that the body is actually deficient in fluids. Feeling thirsty is a normal thing. However, if you continue to feel thirsty when you drink, this can indicate another health problem. Curious why do you often thirst? Here is the possibility!
1. Dehydration
Dehydration is a condition when the body does not get enough fluid to function normally. Usually dehydration is caused by many things. For example exercise, diarrhea, and vomiting. If in this condition there is no fluid entering, you can become dehydrated.
People who are dehydrated will often be very thirsty. In addition, there are also other signs that show you are dehydrated, which is dark urine, rarely urinating, dry mouth, dry skin, tired, and dizzy.
2. Blood loss
When the body loses blood, for example during menstruation or experiences bleeding, you will often feel thirsty. When the body loses some of its blood normally, the body also decreases the amount of fluid. Reducing the level of fluid in the body is what ultimately makes people feel thirsty often.
3. Dry mouth
When the mouth feels very dry, this can make you very thirsty. Dry mouth usually occurs because the glands in your mouth produce less saliva. There are various factors that cause this condition. For example because of the effects of the drugs you drink, treatment of certain diseases, nerve damage in the head and neck, or the result of smoking.
In addition, dry mouth can also occur due to xerostomia. Xerostomia is an abnormal dryness in the mucous membranes of the mouth due to changes or reduction in saliva. This often occurs along with aging and changes in the levels of certain hormones in the body.
4. Diabetes insipidus
Frequent thirst is a common symptom of diabetes insipidus, similar to diabetes mellitus.
Normally, the kidneys expel excess body fluids from the bloodstream, then flow to the bladder and become urine. When the body sweats a lot or loses water, the kidneys will save fluid released through urine.
However, in people with diabetes insipidus their kidneys cannot hold urine out, so that a decrease in body fluid volume will occur on a large scale. Egg kidneys produce urine so people with diabetes insipidus are easily dehydrated due to continued urination. This is what makes it often thirsty.
5. Diabetes mellitus
People with diabetes experience polydipsia, a symptom that makes people feel thirsty. Because the body does not produce or cannot use insulin correctly, glucose accumulates too much in the blood.
This glucose attracts more water, which makes people urinate frequently. Because of frequent urination, the body feels thirsty faster.
