Here Are The 7 Hidden Signs Of Type 2 Diabetes That Will Surprise You

Last Updated on December 17, 2019

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With more than 400 million people in the world living with type 2 diabetes, it makes you wonder what makes it different.

Type 2 diabetes is more common than the other types of diabetes (type 1 and gestational diabetes), and it occurs when your blood sugar, or blood glucose, is too high because your body either no longer produces enough insulin to help glucose turn into energy or is resistant to it.

This type of diabetes largely affects adults and children and though it is milder than type 1 diabetes, it can be deadly as well.

What’s more worrisome is that there are many people who have type 2 diabetes and don’t know it. These people aren’t entirely to blame because some symptoms of type 2 diabetes can be easy to miss, but it still doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t learn about this common chronic disease.

For this reason, we collected the tricky signs of type 2 diabetes that you should definitely know about to start treatment early and avoid some dangerous health complications like kidney damage, nerve damage, eye damage, blindness, heart disease, stroke, etc.

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#1 – You’re losing more weight

If you’re suddenly losing weight without effort, you shouldn’t be all too happy about it! It could be one of the symptoms of type 2 diabetes that are often overlooked or misinterpreted.

When your body is resistant to insulin, it doesn’t allow glucose to be transported to the cells and get turned into energy. This causes your body to start burning more fats and muscles to use them as energy instead, which results in weight loss.

In addition, when you have diabetes type 2, your body can’t absorb calories from blood sugar so you may shed more calories from excessive urination.

#2 – You’re hungrier than usual

If you frequently feel strong hunger even after eating your fill, it might be a sign of type 2 diabetes.

Increased appetite in type 2 diabetes is caused by your body cells’ inability to access glucose for energy, and so they take energy from your muscles and organs, including your stomach, making you feel hungrier than usual and too often.

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