Signs and symptoms of diabetes, Diabetes symptoms.

The classic symptoms of untreated diabetes are weight loss, polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger). Symptoms may develop rapidly (weeks or months) in type 1 diabetes, while usually develop much more slowly and may be subtle or absent in type 2 diabetes.

Prolonged high blood glucose can cause glucose absorption into the lens of the eye, which leads to changes in their shape, which results in changes in vision. Blurred vision is a common complaint leading to a diabetes diagnosis. A series of eruptions in the skin that may occur in diabetes are known collectively as dermadromes diabetics.