Diabetes Care

Early Detection of Diabetes is Important

Diabetes can be managed and controlled and the risk of developing the complications of diabetes can be decreased with early detection. Sadly, diabetes often goes undiagnosed because the early symptoms seem quite harmless so the patients fail to bring them up when they visit their family doctor.

The symptoms of Diabetes are listed below.

Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms

• Frequent urination
• Unusual thirst
• Extreme hunger
• Unusual weight loss
• Extreme fatigue
• Extreme irritability

Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms*

• Any of the type 1 symptoms
• Frequent infections
• Blurred vision
• Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal
• Tingling/numbness in the hands/feet
• Recurring skin, gum, or bladder infections

* People with type 2 diabetes often have no symptoms

If you have one or more of these diabetes symptoms, please call our Coppell office to make an appointment to be tested at 972-906-9130. If you are not in our Coppell Family Practice service area, then please call a local doctor for an appointment as soon as possible.