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5 Diseases You Don’t Know You Have Until Later (What To Do About It)
The earlier you detect them, the better for you
Some diseases are easy to diagnose and treat. They’re symptoms that alert you to their presence and allow you to seek medical attention on time.
What do you do when you have no clue you’re carrying certain diseases in your body, some of which can have devastating consequences?
There are a few such diseases that many people have but don’t know about because you cannot easily detect or diagnose them until it’s too late.
Type 2 Diabetes
You can have diabetes and not even know it. About 8.5 million of the roughly 29 million cases of diabetes are often undiagnosed, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Diabetes is a health condition that occurs when there's an abnormally high sugar level (glucose) in your body.
Glucose is the main source of energy in the body. The pancreas produces the hormone (insulin) that converts glucose from the food you eat into energy the body uses.
When the body no longer produces enough insulin or becomes insulin-resistant, glucose cannot reach the cells to be used as energy. This causes diabetes.
