7 Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes You May Miss

1. You have more frequent trips to the bathroom

As you probably know, type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes affecting more than 34 million Americans. If you’re one of those, your body becomes less efficient at breaking food down into glucose (your body’s main source of energy). As a result, you have more sugar sitting in your bloodstream, says Dobbins. “Your body gets rid of it by flushing it out in the urine.”

Having more frequent trips to the bathroom can be an easy to miss sign. After all, says Dr. Cypess, most people aren’t aware of how often they go to the bathroom. “When we ask about it, we often hear, ‘Oh yeah, I guess I’m going more often than I used to,’ ” he says.

Here’s a big red flag: If you have a frequent need to get up and go to the bathroom to urinate at night, you might have diabetes.