Type 2 Diabetes
What are the signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes?
Nearly six million people in the United States have type 2 diabetes and do not know it. Many have no signs or symptoms and some people have symptoms but do not suspect diabetes. Symptoms include:
- Frequent urination
- Increased thirst
- Increased hunger
- Weight loss (in spite of increased appetite)
- Fatigue
- Blurred vision
- Slow-healing infections or wounds
- Pain, numbness or tingling in the feet
- Vomiting
- Rapid shallow breathing
- Sexual problems (impotence in men, vaginal dryness in women)