What is a borderline diabetic? What are borderline diabetic symptoms? These are very good questions to be asking. A borderline diabetic may also be referred to as a pre-diabetic. Borderline diabetics, or pre-diabetics, have an impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), which means the glucose levels in the bloodstream are higher than normal, but not as high as someone with type-2 diabetes.
Borderline diabetic symptoms are virtually non-existent, as there really are no overt physical symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic. However, it is important to catch the disorder early on. Borderline diabetes is much easier to reverse than full-blown diabetes, which is what borderline diabetes eventually leads to.
Since the symptoms are hard to recognize, if they manifest themselves at all, you have to rely on the risk factors of the disease to determine if you should be tested. Pre-diabetes.com provides the following diabetic borderline risk factors:
- Being overweight or
