Hi you could be in the beginning of diabetes. Frequent urination, frequent thirst, getting up at night to urinate, lethargy and exhaustion, tingly feet or hands, large appetite can all be signs of diabetes. When you take in an enormous amount of sugar your pancreas kicks out insulin to help with the high sugar sometimes taking you down below normal. You definitely need to have a glucose tolerance test done and they also have a test that they can do that will tell how your blood sugars have been over a period of time. These will tell how you sugars are and have been. Sometimes when we catch it in time you can prevent meds and insulin shots by fixing the diet. Eat more of your protein foods to keep the blood sugar at a normal instead of crashing it down. Beings your father is diabetic it doesn't hurt to be tested off and on anyway. The best time to take your blood sugar is in the AM before you have ate or drank anything. This will be a more true outcome of what your sugar is. My father was diabetic and i check myself frequently to make sure i am not becoming one too. Hope this helps good luck.
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What could be causing this?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Diabetes.
You REALLY need to change your diet!!Posted 2 years ago # -
Diagnosing your problem will require a glucose tolerance test, to see exactly how your body deals with sugar. You might be at higher risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, but as a rule, what that means is that your body produces insulin which the cells are not able to use correctly. It would cause elevated blood sugar, not extremely low blood sugar. There are also other things that could be at fault as well besides diabetes. At your age, that's actually not very likely. Regardless of what the actual problem is, I think you should not get too upset and worried just yet. Most of what goes wrong with us is actually something fairly straightforward to remedy. It might be something as simple as a dietary adjustment, meaning you'd need to eat a healthier diet and lead a little healthier lifestyle. After all, when you have a family tendency towards something- be it Type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure- it only makes sense to do what you can to limit the risk factors from an early age. You are at an excellent time in life to do just that. You might be getting some early warning signs, yes. But if you get attention and treatment, and change things, you still yet might avoid the actual problems later on. Stop worrying about what they find, and just find out. Then change what needs changing. Worry about things when you at least know what to worry about. Even then, worry with purpose. If it needs changing, change it. If it means medicine, take it. And have some faith in your own body to recover if you give it a chance.
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You should have blood tests done to see if you are
dehydrated or your electrolyte balance is off.
It does sound like you have diabetes or
hypoglycemic problem....but I would also have
your thyroid checked for hyperthyroidism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperthyroidismPosted 2 years ago # -
Possibly an infection on your lung(s). Is the tickle stronger on one side or your throat or in all of it? Do you feel the tickle deep within your respiratory tract?
Maybe it's something in your throat, instead. See your doctor. It could be nothing but it could be something that can get a lot worse if not treated correctly.Posted 1 year ago # -
You could possibly be developing the common cold. And that's probably a sore throat. It could also be some allergies that you may have.
Posted 1 year ago #
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