Diabetes

• Do you have type 2 diabetes or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes? (Find out if you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes here Type 2 diabetes risk factors | Diabetes UK )
   
• Did you also know that even when diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you can bring your blood sugar down to a non-diabetic level without the need for diabetes medication?
  
  Type 2 diabetes remission is when your blood sugar levels return to a safe, non-diabetes level long-term, without the need for glucose-lowering medication. It stops diabetes in its tracks and boosts your chances of a healthy future.
  When you are in remission the symptoms of your diabetes are on pause, so is any new damage it can do to you.
  
  Find out more about type 2 diabetes remission and how you achieve it here Type 2 diabetes remission | Diabetes UK

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Diabetes can be a serious condition if not managed, but really small changes can make a big difference to help you live a healthy life, like walking and eating more vegetables.

If you are of South Asian particularly Bangladeshi & Pakistani, Black African & Caribbean, or South East Asian heritage you are more at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Find out what you can do to reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes and know the signs and symptoms of diabetes to act early and turn type 2 diabetes around.

Use the Diabetes UK "Know Your Risk" tool to find out if you’re at risk of type 2 diabetes.

For more advice and information on diabetes, please visit Diabetes UK or the NHS website.

• Needing to go the toilet to wee more often, especially at night.
• Being really thirsty.
• Being more tired than usual.
• Losing weight without meaning to.
• Thrush
• Cuts taking longer to hear
• Blurry vision
• Being more hungry than normal.

You can lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by:

• Eating healthily
• Doing more exercise
• Losing weight if you are advised by a medical professional to do so