Can you have diabetes and not know that you have it?

Answer 1

Any diagnosis of the blood sugar levels being higher than normal is still a diabetic reading, whether you have it permanently or not. Take gestational Diabetes for example. A pregnant woman is having trouble with her pancreas because of the fetus pushing on it and causing the insulin production to drop or fail.

If insulin or a "metformin" drug is prescribed and the blood sugar levels drop too low, the doctor will simply reduce insulin to the tablet, reduce the tablet to a milder dose, reduce medication to a diet or reduce the diet for precautionary measures. The pancreas can break down for a lot of reasons from injury to stress to substance abuse. There is very little chance of any doctor misdiagnosing a treatment if the blood sugar levels are much higher than an average reading at any given time.

Insulin or a tablet form will not hurt anyone who is not a diabetic unless a very large dose is taken, in which case any high glycemic index food can alleviate the blood sugar levels in a safe time frame. Even if their pancreas is healthy, the natural production of insulin will cease temporarily if the body does not require it.

Answer 2

yes