Top 12 Prediabetes Symptoms and Treatment | STOP Signs & Symptoms of Prediabetes going into Diabetes

By rjoachim | May 4, 2023

Prediabetes is a health condition in which you have higher blood sugar levels than normal but not high enough to be considered diabetes.

People with prediabetes have up to a 50% chance of developing diabetes over the next five to 10 years. But you can take steps to prevent Type 2 diabetes from developing.

You may also be at higher risk of prediabetes due to:

  • Age (being 45 or older).
  • Parent or sibling with Type 2 diabetes.
  • Ethnicity. Being African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American race or a Pacific Islander.
  • Previous gestational diabetes.
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
  • Certain medications, such as steroids, certain antipsychotics and some HIV medications.
  • Hormonal conditions, including Cushing’s syndrome and acromegaly.
  • Sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea.
  • Some risk factors for prediabetes can be modified, meaning you can change them. These include:
  • Obesity or carrying extra weight.
  • Exercising less than three times a week.
  • High blood pressure or high cholesterol levels.
  • Metabolic syndrome, a combination of high blood pressure, high cholesterol level and large waist measurement.
  • Smoking.About 88 million American adults have prediabetes. It affects more than 1 in 3 adults under age 65 and half of people over 65. More than 84% of those with prediabetes don’t even know they have it since prediabetes often has no symptoms.
  • In the prediabetes cycle:
  • Cells become insulin resistant. They have a sluggish or low response to insulin.
  • Your pancreas makes more insulin, trying to get the cells to respond.
  • For a while, the extra insulin makes up for the weak response. Blood sugar levels stay normal.
  • Eventually, your pancreas can’t keep up production. Extra glucose stays in your blood instead of entering your cells.
  • Your blood sugar keeps rising. At this point, a blood test may show prediabetes.
  • Without treatment, you can end up with Type 2 diabetes.
  • Researchers don’t understand exactly what causes cells to become insulin resistant. But it’s possible that carrying excess weight and being physically inactive contribute:
  • Belly fat can increase inflammation in the body, which may lead to insulin resistance.
  • Exercise causes changes in your body that help keep blood sugar levels in balance. Lack of activity makes it difficult to maintain that balance.
  • https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21498-prediabetes
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