Damon Wayans reveals the scary symptom that led to his type 2 diabetes diagnosis

Comedy icon Damon Wayans has gone from spreading laughter to spreading consciousness astir diabetes risk.

The actor, champion known for his roles successful "In Living Color," "Major Payne" and "My Wife and Kids," has lived respective years with his ain lawsuit of benignant 2 diabetes, which runs successful his family.

In an exclusive interrogation with Fox News Digital, Wayans, 65, shared the infinitesimal helium realized the information should beryllium taken seriously.

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"It was similar 2017 and I conscionable retrieve going to the bath and peeing truthful overmuch that I thought possibly my humor was draining out, too," helium described. "And it kept happening and I'm conscionable similar – I'm not adjacent drinking that overmuch water."

Comedy icon Damon Wayans has gone from spreading laughter to spreading consciousness astir diabetes risk. Wayans is pictured present successful a country from the 1995 movie "Major Payne." (Universal Pictures/Getty Images)

This predominant urination was followed by symptom successful his feet, numbness successful his toes, delirium and blurry vision.

"My sister Kim made maine spell to the doc due to the fact that I astir apt wouldn't person gone," Wayans said.

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After the doc revealed that Wayans' humor sweetener speechmaking was astatine a critically precocious 535 mg/dL, helium was "scared straight" into making immoderate "serious" manner changes.

"I utilized to portion wine, emotion wine. I don't portion vino [anymore]," helium said. "It's a overmuch healthier beingness I'm living, and I'm alert of each the joys that I person present that I conscionable took for granted backmost erstwhile I wasn't taking attraction of myself."

Damon Wayans (right) and his lad Damon Wayans Jr. (left) look connected "The Jennifer Hudson Show" successful October 2024. The histrion has lived respective years with benignant 2 diabetes. (Chris Haston/WBTV/Getty Images)

Wayans said helium stays "disciplined" with a steadfast fare and works retired each morning, involving a premix of weightlifting spot grooming utilizing his ain assemblage weight, similar burpees and yoga.

"I besides deterioration a glucose monitor, truthful I cognize what workout does to maine [and] to my humor sugar," helium said. "I cognize if I assistance weights, I consciousness better, and besides I'm burning [calories] for the remainder of the day."

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While Wayans feels helium has his regular nether control, the hazard of semipermanent diabetes complications inactive looms.

The entertainer precocious teamed up with biotech institution Genentech’s "All Eye connected DME" campaign, a question to dispersed consciousness of diabetes-related imaginativeness loss.

Damon Wayans performs a stand-up acceptable astatine an "All Eyes connected DME" consciousness lawsuit successful New York City connected April 23, 2026. (Genentech)

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is simply a complication of diabetes that tin pb to imaginativeness loss, according to Genentech.

Although Wayans does not person DME himself, helium continuously monitors his ain symptoms, including extent cognition issues, admitting helium "needs to get [his] eyes checked."

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"Sometimes God talks to you, and possibly this is thing I needed to perceive and beryllium a portion of successful bid to support myself from going blind," helium added.

What to cognize astir DME

The information occurs erstwhile fluid leaks from weakened oregon damaged humor vessels (called retinopathy), causing buildup successful the macula, a tiny country successful the mediate of the retina that is liable for wide vision.

If near untreated, the buildup tin pb to partial oregon implicit imaginativeness loss, according to Genentech.

DME tin beryllium diagnosed by an oculus doc via a ocular acuity test, oculus exam oregon optical imaging. (iStock)

DME, which tin hap successful some benignant 1 and benignant 2 diabetes patients, is the starring origin of imaginativeness nonaccomplishment successful "working-age" diabetics.

The information occurs successful astir 750,000 diabetics successful the U.S., disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic populations, probe shows.

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Some symptoms of DME see blurry oregon doubled vision, floaters oregon acheronian spots, trouble seeing colors oregon objects erstwhile there’s a glare, seeing consecutive lines arsenic curved oregon bent, oregon seeing objects arsenic a antithetic size erstwhile 1 oculus is closed.

The information tin beryllium diagnosed by an oculus doc via a ocular acuity test, oculus exam oregon optical imaging.

Actor Damon Wayans attends the FOX Fall Party astatine Catch LA successful West Hollywood, California, connected Sept. 25, 2017. Wayans’ biggest portion of proposal for diabetes patients is "don’t beryllium acrophobic to spot a doctor." (Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

Wayans’ biggest portion of proposal for diabetes patients is "don’t beryllium acrophobic to spot a doctor."

"You'd beryllium amazed astatine however elemental the treatments are, but you can't dainty it if you don't cognize what it is [and] if you ne'er get diagnosed," helium said.

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"It's important that we fto our defender down and fto our egos down and spell conquer the fear, due to the fact that the fearfulness is each successful your head."

Wayans – a subordinate of the iconic Wayans drama family, including brothers Keenen Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans, on with lad Damon Wayans Jr. – said helium hopes that doing his portion to dispersed consciousness for DME volition assistance his household speech much openly astir health.

Actors Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Damon Wayans and manager Keenen Ivory Wayans airs astatine the premiere of "White Chicks" astatine the Village Theatre successful Los Angeles, California, connected June 16, 2004. Although Wayans does not person DME himself, helium continuously monitors his ain symptoms. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

"If they spot that I'm not afraid, past possibly they'll beryllium little afraid," helium said. "And if I tin spell location and really speech in-depth astir treatments … particularly if I got it done myself, I deliberation they'll beryllium much receptive to it."

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Wayans acknowledged however outgo and entree obstacles tin clasp radical backmost from seeking aesculapian help.

"Even if you person to walk a small wealth present to get it nether control, it's worthy it," helium said. "Because there's truthful overmuch beingness to live, unless you bash nothing."