Frequent urination

Don’t Run To The Bathroom – Run To Your Doctor

Do you find yourself running to the restroom more often than you think necessary, or more than you used to do? Before you jump to any conclusions, good or bad, take a good hard look to determine what other symptoms you may have. Although it is not uncommon for people to have bouts of increased urination, this particular condition may be an indicator of the more serious metabolic disorder known as diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes mellitus has been known to the medical community since the ancient Greeks began practicing medicine. Originally known simply as diabetes, which translates to siphon; the term was later enlarged to include mellitus, meaning sweet water. In essence, the two most important symptoms that help doctors start looking for a sign of diabetes are frequent urination accompanied by excessive thirst. Of course, one leads to the other and it can become a vicious and uncomfortable cycle.

Diabetes affects the body by preventing glucose from being removed from the blood stream and put into use as a metabolic energy within living tissues. There are two main types of diabetes; type 1 diabetics produce no insulin which is the vital component needed for this metabolic process, type 2 diabetics produce little or ineffective insulin which causes the same problems. Either way, without the introduction of synthetic insulin to the system, a diabetic’s blood becomes saturated with glucose. This saturation can put extreme strain on the body’s filtering organs, especially the kidneys.

The human kidney works as a giant filter. All of the blood is run through the kidney, where the organ then filters out any unwanted or unused nutrients and dilutes it in fluid. This process is how urine is produced. However, there are restrictions. A kidney is only able to saturate the fluid so much with these by products before it is no longer a fluid and becomes a solid. Because of this the body needs more fluid in order to flush the excess out of the system. With a diabetic unable to absorb any glucose without insulin, the body requires an extraordinary amount of water to help flush the system.

Without consuming more water to account for the flushing, diabetics can become dehydrated and have other significant problems. The excessive thirst of a diabetic is a clue that the body is in need of glucose detoxification. And with the increased amounts of fluid going into the body, there will be increased amounts of urine to be passed from the kidneys. Diabetics need to be conscious of watching for excessive urination and thirst as this may be signs of blood sugar levels that are too high.

As with any signs of diabetes or other major illness, a doctor should be consulted immediately. If you are diabetic and you are still experiencing the above symptoms, it may be a sign that your diet and your medicine may need to be adjusted. If you have yet to be diagnosed, but have a family history of diabetes, it may be time to start running to the doctor instead of to the bathroom.