A person with diabetes is likely to lose weight for no apparent reason, even though his appetite seems normal. In type 1 diabetes especially, the person may feel extremely hungry and eat a lot of food. Yet in spite of the increased amount of food he eats, he may lose weight.

The weight loss may be very rapid - as much as 15 pounds in two weeks.

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As the kidneys filter out the excess sugar from the blood and it “spills over” into the urine, the diabetics urine will be sweet. You and I might not be aware of the urine’s sweetness, but the ants around the toilet are likely to notice.

As a matter of fact, the very name diabetes mellitus describes the disease well. Diabetes comes from the Greek word meaning “fountain” or “siphon”, referring to the frequent passing of urine. Mellitus is from the Latin word for “honey”. Strange as it may seem, the earliest test for diagnosing diabetes was to smell and taste the urine to see if it was sweet!

Nowadays, many cases of diabetes are discovered when a doctor asks a patient to send some urine to the laboratory for routine testing. If the report shows sugar in the urine, it does not always mean that the person has diabetes. However, if there is blood glucose test see whether diabetes is the cause.

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Two of the earliest symptoms of diabetes are feeling thirsty much of the time and having to pass urine frequently. In young children, frequent bed-wetting may be an indication of diabetes.

The kidneys act as the “policemen” to help control the amount of sugar in the blood. As the amount of glucose in the blood begins to rise, the kidneys begin to filter it out into the urine. This causes a person to urinate more often than usual. Then, because the body has lost this fluid in the urine, he will feel very thirsty.

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