What are the usual signs of diabetes?

Several: Full blown illness will make you urinate excessively, excessively hungry and eating lots while still managing to lose weight very quickly, very thirsty all the time, frequent infections may also be an indirect symptom.

UsuallyNoneforYears: Type i often sudden, type ii dm commonly progresses slowly for decades without symptoms, is missed by docs, though artery disease & other problems also progress more rapidly. Symptoms finally occur: slow unusual feelings & loss of feelings in legs, kidney failure, blindness, combined with sudden loss of blood supply to body (heart attack, stroke, peripheral artery disease); ulcers, gangrene, etc.

Multiple: For diabetes type 2 in adult, possible symptoms can be fatigue, increased urination, increased thirst, weight loss, urinary infections, blurred vision. Frequently diabetes is asymptomatic and it is most often diagnosed on screening.

See below: Fatigue thirst, hunger, frequent urination.