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| Pre-Diabetes |  Did you know that your body has a “pre-warning” system?
With many diseases, your body will begin to produce symptoms like aches, pains, fatigue, frequent thirst, and so on. These symptoms are your body's pre-warning system which warns you about problems.
Nevertheless, with diabetes, pre-warning signs don't always come to light so easily. In medicine this condition is called pre-diabetes.
Nowadays, approximately 41 million Americans have pre-diabetes which left undiscovered and untreated, grows into full-blown diabetes.
The defiance with pre-diabetes is the fact that the condition doesn't like to disclose itself with obvious symptoms. As there are few, if any symptoms, most people will not bustle about having screening tests performed. With pre-diabetes, visible symptoms like frequent thirst and urination may not happen until the disease has developed and is already causing significant damage to your body. Most Type 2 diabetics don't have symptoms for the reason that the onset of diabetes is so slow.
You shouldn’t wait for your pre-warning system to come on. Have your blood tested. Contact your doctor today and make the appointment.
The aim with identifying pre-diabetes is to stop the onset of diabetes from ever happening.
Your doctor can diagnose you with pre-diabetes through two common tests. The fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) and the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Both need an overnight fast.
There is good news – you can significantly improve your chances and likely avoid diabetes with early detection and appropriate care.
Don't wait until it damages. Inquire your doctor about diabetes and have your blood sugar checked quite a few times a year.
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