What are Type 2 diabetes symptoms? Type 2 diabetes symptoms are much like type 1 symptoms. The difference between type 1 and 2 is that people who have type 2 diabetes must inject insulin in order to maintain a safe blood sugar. Diabetes is a very serious condition where the pancreas stops or slows in the production of a serious hormone called insulin. (in type 2 it stops) Insulin is a hormone that the body uses to change sugar in the bloodstream into fuel that the body’s cells can use. When too little of…