What Are the Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes?
Key Takeaways
- Type 2 diabetes symptoms include fatigue, weight gain, increased thirst, frequent urination, blurred vision, slow-healing sores, and neuropathy.
- Prediabetes can causeconstant hunger and tiredness, poor sleep, trouble focusing, weight gain around the waist, darkened skin folds, and small skin tags.
- Anyone with possible prediabetes or type 2 diabetes symptoms should get blood glucose testing from a doctor.
Type 2 diabetes symptoms include:
- Fatigue
- Weight gain
- Increased thirst and dry mouth
- Increased urination
- Frequent vaginal or urinary infections
- Erectile dysfunction
- Increased hunger
- Neuropathy (numbness or tingling in the feet and hands)
- Blurred vision
- Slow-healing sores or frequent infections
Type 2 diabetes has a host of symptoms beyond the more commonly known symptoms, like weight gain and increased thirst. If you’re experiencing symptoms of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, reach out to your doctor. They can schedule some labs to see if your blood glucose is elevated.
Prediabetes symptoms include:
- Feeling tired and hungry all the time
- Poor sleep
- Difficulty focusing
- Neuropathy (numbness or tingling in the feet and hands)
- Skin darkening in the neck, armpits, and skin folds
- Developing many small skin tags
- Weight gain, particularly around the waist
It's important to keep an eye out for symptoms of prediabetes so you can take action before it progresses to type 2 diabetes.
Reversing type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes can be reversed through a physician-supervised, nutrition-first approach like the method used at Virta Health. You can learn more in the video series by Dr. Sarah Hallberg:
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