Tiredness and Diabetes. Many people with diabetes will describe themselves as feeling tired, lethargic or fatigued at times. It could be a result of stress, hard work or a lack of a decent nightâs sleep but it could also be related to having too high or too low blood glucose levels.
Why hypertension is a silent killer. You may know it as hypertension or high blood pressure. Itâs silent because you may not realize itâs stalking you. âMost often it does not have symptoms,â says Dr. Richard Ward, a family physician with Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network.
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.