
According to recent projections by the WHO and Lancet commission on Diabetes, by 2050, over 1.3 billion people or every 1 in 8, adults will be living with diabetes. This marks a staggering rise from just 500 million in 2021, highlighting a global emergency driven by sedentary lifestyles, poor diets, and rising obesity.
The alarming rate becomes much more significant when those number of people will not even know that they are under the radar of full blown diabetes. This is where symptoms come to play. There are certain pre-diabetic symptoms that become critical at this point, a stage where early warning signs start to appear but can still be reversed with timely intervention. Ignoring these signs can silently lead to chronic complications, affecting the heart, kidney, nerves and even the eyes. For early diagnosis, and potential treatment against diabetes, here are 5 warning symptoms that one should not overlook