Type 2 diabetes is becoming a pandemic in the United States. It’s important to know the symptoms so you can begin caring for yourself sooner rather than later. Diabetic symptoms in men are very close to what women see in their diabetic symptoms. In men, type 2 diabetes is what more than 95% of those diagnosed have. And more than ever, it is being found at younger ages every year. Just as juvenile diabetes has begun being referred to as type 1 diabetes; it is no longer really appropriate to call type 2 diabetes “adult onset” diabetes. It used to be that type 2 diabetes wasn’t seen in men until around the mid forties, well into their adulthood. Now it isn’t at all uncommon to see men in their 20’s being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Symptoms in men include:

• Increase urination frequency
• Increased hunger – which is particularly bothersome