Identify key symptoms of pre-diabetes to prevent type 2 diabetes

Prediabetes or borderline diabetes means you have a higher than normal blood sugar level. It’s not high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes yet. But without lifestyle changes, adults and children with prediabetes are at a high risk to develop type 2 diabetes. However, progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes is not inevitable.

Prediabetes symptoms are often hard to detect. About 84 million people over age 20 in the US have prediabetes, but 90% don’t know that they have it. If you have prediabetes, the long-term damage of diabetes to your heart, blood vessels and kidneys may already be starting. It’s important to get blood sugar levels tested, especially if you’re at high risk.

Here are some key symptoms in your body that may indicate prediabetes.