Is there diabetes without symptom?

Many people say the following are typical symptoms of diabetes:
Constant thirst
Frequent urination
Nausea or vomitting
Unexplained weight gain or loss
Blurry vision
Leg cramps
Itchy skin, but no rash
Reoccuring yeast infections in women, itchy penis in men
Frequent boils
Irritability
Headaches
Slow healing wounds
Tingling sensation in hands,arms,feet, or legs
I just had by sheer accident an FBS test and it became 180 first time. The Doc asked me if I had any of the above symptoms. I said NO. He ordered another FBS test on the morrow. The FBS became 163. The Doc advised me to have another one after 3 days. I did and it became 144. Now I stopped all cabs, reduced weight and eat vegetables. My FBS now in my once in a month test is constantly below 100. I don't take medicine. It is nearly half a year and I am okay. Am I diabetic? How often should I see a doctor? Is there diabetes without symptom? Is it possible the three tests are wrong? I took all the test in Africa. Your advice may help!

Lots of diabetics do not get symptoms. That's one of the reasons it's so important to have regular check ups at the doctor. Others get sypmtoms, but think it's entirely something else, and some that have symptoms chose to ignore them. Everyones body is different. You need some carbs in your diet, the good ones. Just because you are controlling your disease does not mean it has gone away. If you don't keep up your diet, most likely your blood sugars will rise again. Even if you keep it under control like this for many years, in most cases later in life you will need to take medication of some sort. Diabetes does not go away, and there is no cure except pancreas transplant. You should go to the doctor every 3 months for blood work. They are probably calling what you have "pre diabetes", but it is diabetes, just another name. You do need to watch your diet and have daily exercise. You can eat lean cuts of beef, eat white chicken, turkey, pork....they just have to be lean cuts. Lean beef has no carbs, chicken has a few, so does turkey. Pork does not. But you need to get a dietitian or nutritionist so you can get help with a healthier diet. Good luck.

All of your fasting blood sugar results indicate that you are diabetic, but you must ask your doctor what the official diagnosis is. By law, only a qualified medical practitioner is allowed to diagnose.

It is very possible to have diabetes yet not show the symptoms that you listed, and from the blood sugar results you gave it would point to type 2 diabetes. Again, you would need to clarify this with your doctor.

The reason type 2 diabetics may not exhibit the symptoms, or only some of the symptoms, is because it takes a while for the blood sugar to become raised and is a very gradual process. In type 1 diabetics the onset is usually rapid, hence they are more likely to exhibit the full range of symptoms.

If your doctor says that you have not been diagnosed as being diabetic, s/he may tell you that you are pre-diabetic. This means that you are at increased risk of developing full blown diabetes at some stage.

The advice offered by the doctor that took your blood sugar samples is sound. In diabetes ... particularly type 2 diabetes, it is imperative that the amount of carbohydrate that you consume is limited. This is the same for pre-diabetes. It's a bit different for type 1 diabetics as they are controlled by insulin injections (or an insulin pump). It's easier for type 1s to adjust the amount of insulin to cover any increase in the amount of carbohydrate they are consuming.

Best of luck to you.

May you have a long, healthy, trouble free life.

You may be hypoglycemic, and the best way to describe it is to much insulin not enough blood sugar, which is the opposite of being a diabetic.
I am hypoglycemic and out of your symptoms list, I have constant thirst (which by the way leads to frequent urination because I drink all the time), dry itchy skin, irritability (when my sugar level really drops) headaches (again when my sugar level really drops) and slow healing wounds. I also bruise very easily, have cold sweats, and feel dizzy.
Go and have a 7 hr glucose test done. When I had mine done I could not eat anything, but could drink only water. I went in, and they took a blood sample, then every hour for the next 7 hrs they would take another one. My normal level is 96-100. It dropped to 42 during the test and I felt like I was going to pass out.