Numbness Or Tingling in Hands and Fingers - Symptoms of Diabetes

Have you been diagnosed with diabetes? If yes! Then your doctor must have advised you to keep a close eye on the condition of your feet. It is because the feet condition is a most obvious signal of setting the diabetic complications. It is a straight-forward parameter of the current treatment plan.

Here we'll explore that why feet are important in diagnosing diabetes.

Diabetes is a disorder that affects the pancreas. The disease causes the beta cells of the pancreas to either malfunction or destroy. The basic responsibility of these cells is to produce a hormone termed "insulin". The insulin is used for the regulation of glucose level in the blood. The lack of insulin in the blood is the basic reason of inability of cells to convert glucose into energy. This condition if left untreated poses serious health related problems.

Sometimes the insulin has to be injected to control this condition. The diabetics have to personally manage the blood sugar levels as the nature betrays to do so. It is thought that high-level of sugar in blood leads to many complications. The body gives different signs and symptoms to tell the person that things are going wrong.

One such complication is numbness and tingling in hands and fingers. The first complication in the feet arises when blood circulation is impeded because of diabetes. It has been researched that high levels of blood sugar affect lining of blood vessels thus making it rough. The rough lining of blood vessels allows the accumulation of fatty deposits and leads to arteriosclerosis. It becomes difficult to push blood in the body and the extremities or the outermost body parts are the one that suffer most.

This is the reason that feet are the body parts which are most liable to pick bruises and cuts and take maximum healing time. With the passage of time poor blood circulation starts to affect small blood vessels and capillaries. These vessels are responsible for providing blood to extremities and nervous system. Eventually the poor circulation of blood starts to affect nervous system. This complication of diabetes is termed diabetes neuropathy.

The diabetic neuropathy that causes numbness and tingling in hands and fingers is termed peripheral neuropathy. The person suffering from peripheral neuropathy loses the sensation in hand and feet. It appears in the form of needles and pins or numbness.