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By Mayo Clinic staffConsult your doctor if you're concerned about diabetes or if you notice any type 2 diabetes symptoms — increased thirst and frequent urination, extreme hunger, weight loss, fatigue, blurred vision, and slow-healing sores or frequent infections.
Ask your doctor about blood glucose screening if you have any risk factors for prediabetes. For example:
- You're overweight.
- You're inactive.
- You're age 45 or older.
- You have a family history of type 2 diabetes.
- You're black, Hispanic, American Indian or Asian-American.
- You developed gestational diabetes when you were pregnant or gave birth to a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds.
- You have polycystic ovary syndrome.
- You have high blood pressure.
- You have high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol or high triglycerides.
In fact, the American Diabetes Association recommends routine blood glucose screening for everyone beginning at age 45.