Prediabetes: high blood sugar will be indicated by an unusual symptom on the skin

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Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal, but this is not enough to diagnose type 2 diabetes. Without lifestyle changes, people with prediabetes are at high risk of developing diabetes.

Prediabetes often has no signs or symptoms, according to information published on the Mayo Clinic website. “One of the possible signs of prediabetes is darkening of the skin in certain areas of the body. Affected areas can include the neck and armpits,” experts note.

Classic signs and symptoms that indicate a person has progressed from prediabetes to diabetes include:

• increased thirst and hunger;
• fatigue;
• blurred vision;
• numbness or tingling in the legs or hands;
• frequent infections;< /li>
• ulcers that heal slowly;
• unintentional weight loss.

It is noted that eating healthy food, including physical activity in the agenda and maintaining a healthy weight helps people with prediabetes to return blood sugar levels to normal.