What should you know about prediabetes?

Prediabetes often causes no noticeable symptoms. Excessive thirst or frequent urination can occur when glucose rises further, but these symptoms have many possible causes and do not identify diabetes by themselves. A blood test, interpreted with your history, confirms whether monitoring or further testing is needed.

Insulin resistance means body tissues respond less effectively to insulin, so the pancreas has to work harder to keep glucose controlled. Over time, some people progress to Type 2 Diabetes, while others remain stable or return to a healthier range with sustained changes and clinical follow-up.

Arrange follow-up with a clinician and ask when your glucose should be checked again. Build meals around vegetables, pulses, whole grains, and suitable protein; reduce sugary drinks and highly refined snacks. Regular activity, adapted to your fitness and medical status, helps muscles use glucose.

If weight reduction is appropriate, gradual changes supported by a Weight Management Programme can be more practical than extreme dieting. Nutrition Counselling can tailor choices to culture, schedule, medicines, and other conditions. Avoid stopping prescribed medicines without advice.

Contact a clinician promptly for persistent thirst, repeated urination, unexplained weight change, blurred vision, vomiting, or unusual drowsiness. Seek emergency care for confusion, severe weakness, difficulty breathing, or inability to keep fluids down, especially if diabetes has been diagnosed or glucose is known to be very high.

Ask which test produced the result, whether you need Diabetes Screening, when to repeat it, and what activity or eating plan fits your medicines and health goals.