What are the best signs to determine whether you have diabetes? It runs in my family and I don't know what symptoms to be looking out for to determine if I do. I am worried that someday I'm going to end up in the hospital because I was unaware of the possibility that I may have diabetes. What should I look for? What are the risks involved with not going and getting checked (because I don't THINK I have diabetes but it is a concern). What will happen to me down the road if I continue to go day after day not realizing I have diabetes?