If you have any of symptoms below, you may suffer from Diabetes Mellitus and you need to ask your medical provider for a blood test to define if you have diabetes.
Common Symptoms of diabetes are:

• Increased thirst
  
• Increased urination
  
• Constant hunger
  
• Weight loss
  
• Blurred vision
  
• Fatigue, or a feeling of being tired
  
• Frequent yeast infections
  
• Very slow healing of wounds or sore

Uncontrolled diabetes can result in dangerous complications. Some of these complications are:

• Blindness
  
• kidney failure
  
• Non-traumatic amputation of the toes, feet, or legs 
  
• Heart disease 
  
• Stroke
  
• Nerve damage and decreased blood flow that can lead to amputation.
  
• Life-threatening reactions to extremely high or low blood sugar due to poor control diabetes mellitus.

Keeping your glucose levels close to normal will greatly lower your chances of developing long-term complications. If you already have complications, keeping your glucose levels close to normal will help keep these problems from getting worse.

Diabetes occurs when the pancreas, a gland behind the stomach, does not produce enough of the hormone insulin, or the body can’t use insulin properly. Insulin helps carry sugar from the bloodstream into the cells. Once inside the cells, sugar is converted into energy for immediate use or stored for the future. 


Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas makes very little or no insulin.. People with type 1 diabetes must take insulin every day to replace the insulin their bodies are not making.  This form of the disease is most often seen in children however it can occur at any age.


Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of the disease, affecting 90 to 95 percent of people with diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the body is resistant to the action of insulin, meaning it cannot use insulin properly, so it cannot carry sugar into the cells. Although the body makes some insulin, it is not enough to overcome this resistance. You are more likely to develop diabetes if you are overweight, have a family history of diabetes, or have a history of diabetes during pregnancy. A simple blood test can tell you if you have diabetes.


Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes can occur when a woman is pregnant and often has no symptoms. Most women are tested for blood sugar problems at some point in their pregnancy. If a woman has high blood sugar, she will have to follow a special diet for the rest of the pregnancy. In some cases, she may also need to take insulin. About 3 to 5 percent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes occurs more often in African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Asians, in women with family history of diabetes and overweight women. Although it resolves after the baby is born, but more than 50% of women with gestational diabetes will develop diabetes later in their life.