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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is called the âsilent killerâ because very, very few people know when their blood pressure goes up. When I tell somebody that they have high blood pressure for the first time they say, âI donât understand. Iâve had low blood pressure my whole life.â Well, you do until you donât.
Diabetes affects 24 million people in the U.S., but only 18 million know they have it. About 90% of those people have type 2 diabetes. In diabetes, rising blood sugar acts like a poison. Diabetes is often called the silent killer because of its easy-to-miss symptoms. Almost every day people come into my office with diabetes who don't know it, says Maria Collazo-Clavell, MD, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The best way to pick up on it is to have a blood sugar test. But if you have these symptoms, see your doctor.