SERAMBINEWS.COM – What is the relationship between diabetes and dehydration?
The relationship between the two can be seen from the way the body responds to high blood sugar. A sufferer diabetes cannot make insulin or cannot use insulin properly.
Insulin is a hormone that allows your body’s cells to absorb sugar in your bloodstream, and then use that sugar for energy.
If your body doesn’t use insulin properly, sugar can build up in your bloodstream.
When your blood sugar stays high for a long time, your kidneys have to work harder to filter and get rid of the excess glucose.
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This condition occurs through urination. It is this increased urination that leads to dehydration, especially if you don’t replace the fluids you’ve lost.
Therefore, excessive thirst is an early symptom diabetes, as well as symptoms of mild dehydration.
Feel thirsty diabetes increases when your body loses too much water from urination caused by high blood sugar.
Even if you drink frequently, you may still feel thirsty or dehydrated.
This is because your kidneys will continue to produce more urine to get rid of the excess glucose. This cycle continues as long as your blood sugar is too high.
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