is tiredness a symtom of diabetes?
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You need to see a doctor and get a glucose tolerance test.  That is a high fasting blood sugar and needs investigating...;
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Type 2 diabetes: Extreme Thirst, Occasioned bluely vision,\nFrequent urination, Unusual drowsiness, Unexplained weight loss, Extreme hunger, irritability
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I agree. Your weight loss is indicative of diabetes.\n\nOther symptoms of diabetes:\n\nConstant thirst\nIncreased urination\nIncreased fatigue\nIrritability\nBlurry vision
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You'll experience some or all of these symptoms if you have type 2 diabetes:\n-frequent infections and cuts and bruises that heal slowly\n-blurred vision\n-tingling or numbness in hands and feet\n-vaginal yeast infections\n-skin, gum, or bladder infections that recur\nSymptoms are often not present in early stages of the disease and you may have the illness for many years before being diagnosed. \n\nDiabetic complications that may occur at the time of diagnosis:\n-numbness, tingling, burning pain or swelling in the feet and hands\n-feeling dizzy or weak when sitting or standing suddenly\n-blurred or distorted vision or seeing flashes of light; seeing large, floating red or black spots; or seeing large areas that look like floating hair, cotton fibers, or spiderwebs\n\nHope that helps!
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It could be due to your lifestyle.. i used to have the same problem. I went to the doctors and he just suggested exercise daily, eat healthier and try and cut out refined sugars. I got real good sleeps and woke up feeling awesome :)
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Most likely, yes! The high level of glucose draws water into the urine dehydrating you (thirst). It also affects the brain (tired). \n\nGood news - As your sugars remain in the normal range, you will feel better.\nBad news - Can be difficult at times.\n\nNote: If you check your sugars, and they are usually normal, and your HbA1c is good (3 month avg of sugars), and you feel tired and thirsty again, it is still possible to have other conditions. Bottom line, if you don't think it's the Diabetes causing something in particular, tell your doc.
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G'day Mark m,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nI would advise the relevant doctor that you have diabetes and they should be able to advise you whether it does or not.\n\nIn most cases, I would believe not but it would depend on the medication.\n\nRegards
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Tiredness is not an issue over which you should bury your head in the covers. Actually, fatigue, the tiredness most people feel on a daily basis, is the first symptom of all degenerative disease.\n\nIf you wake up tired in the morning, lack the energy to make it through the day without a stimulating pick-me-up (“don’t talk to me until I’ve had my morning coffee”) and you haven’t got the energy to exercise or even walk from the couch to the TV set to change the dial, then your get up and go has gotten up and gone. You may even be headed for chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia.\n\nMany people think it’s natural to feel tired. Although it may be common, it's not natural. As a matter of fact, you can have stimulant-free, vibrant, sustained energy - naturally. And, it’s simple. The solution is optimum whole food nutrition. A well-nourished body always has more than enough buoyant vibrant energy. Period. \n\nResearch into the causes of fatigue has been going on for decades. We know you need certain nutritional factors that are not only missing from most people’s diets, but, ironically, they’re consistently being removed from our food supply during processing. \n\nWhy? Because they involve oils and other lipids. If you expose lipids to processing, light and air, they oxidize, become rancid and turn into trans-fatty acids. In other words, they’re sensitive and have a short grocery store “shelf life.” But just because they can spoil in your bread, cereal, rice and pasta, doesn’t mean you don’t need them on a daily basis. You desperately do need them!\n\nJust like a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, your body is only as strong as its weakest cell. Each one of your 73 trillion cells is a link vitally important to your health. They have a job to do and in order to do it, they need certain specific essential lipids. During your daily routine, cells use these lipids to perform a multitude of functions. Just like your car needs gasoline, you need these essential oils. They help to recharge your body’s battery
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I would guess some kind of food allergy before diabetes.  I am not aware of hyperglycemia causing the symptoms you described.  Having to drink fluid and pee frequently is a sign of diabetes, among others.  If DM is a concern, a fasting blood glucose level could be taken in a clinic.
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It is when u have diabetes mellitus.
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mental or physical tiredness.
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you need to see both an endocrinologist and a certified diabetes educator.  Diabetes does not "sort itself out".  It takes dedication on the part of the patient and the practitioner (doctor, PA, or NP).  could be you need to get started on insulin.  Have you been, or are you resistant to "needles"?  insulin is not the end of the world; it CAN be a life-extender and life-saver!  The 16 hrs of sleep/day makes me want to ? other things, like: are you depressed, anemic, low thyroid, getting "quality" sleep?  all of these things can cause excessive drowsiness.  good luck.
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This is a problem for many diabetics.  Some have extremely high blood sugars almost all the time, some have very low blood sugars most of the time, and some have wild swings between the two extremes.  Mine has been as high as 480, and as low as 47.  Normal is 70 - 100.\nHigh blood sugars are dangerous as the blood thickens like Karo syrup in the blood vessels, which makes blood flow sluggish and can cause heart attacks and strokes, and skin ulcers.\nLow blood sugars do not provide enough energy to keep the body's functions working effectively.  The brain needs a certain level of sugar to think efficiently and clearly.  Too much sugar causes confusion, and so does too little sugar.  Too low blood sugar can result in a coma or death.  Most people will feel shaky and their skin will feel cool/clammy when their sugar is low.  High blood sugar often causes fruity smelling breath, confusion, headaches, and fatigue, as well as frequent urination with occasional incontinence. constant thirst.\nMost diabetics feel best when they keep their blood sugar under control, with their levels in the normal range.
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The first site below says this: "Excessive fatigue, drowsiness, or sleepiness (especially after eating) are classic signs of too much sugar floating around in your blood and an inability to process the excess sugar properly."\n\nAnd the second site says fatigue could be sugar related, but this may not always be the problem.  They suggest vitimans or citric acids.  \n\nI know that eating a large carb meal (like spaghetti) can make you tired.  So if you don't like feeling tired, it might mean not eating the things that you find make you tired - Or maybe just knowing that after eating certain meals you will be tired, and dealing with it.
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Diabetes Mellitus, commonly referred to as "diabetes," means "sweet urine." Diabetes mellitus means "to flow, honey" in Greek\n\nIt is a disease that affects the body's ability to produce or respond to insulin, a hormone that allows blood glucose (blood sugar) to enter the cells of the body and be used for energy. It results from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. In diabetes too much glucose stays in the blood. Elevated levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) lead to spillage of glucose into the urine.\n\nAs a result of elevated levels of blood glucose, two problems occur: body cells become starved for energy, and, over time, the high glucose levels can damage the nerves, eyes, kidneys, heart and blood vessels.\n\nDiabetes is not an infectious disease, like a cold or flu. You can’t "catch" it from someone else, and no one can catch it from you. Diabetes is a lifelong disease.\n\nMen with diabetes often have erectile dysfunction which can begin before the diagnosis of diabetes is made. It is therefore recommended that men with unexplained erectile dysfunction be screened for diabetes with a fasting blood glucose test.\n\nWhat is High Blood Sugar?\n\n    * Normal blood sugar: 65 -140.\n    * High blood sugar: 250-350\n    * Very high blood sugar: (over 350) \n\nWhat happens when blood sugar falls too low?\n\nWhen blood sugar falls too low, the body will begin a process to increase blood sugar. The process is listed below.\n\n   1. The pancreas releases a hormone called glucagon\n   2. The muscles and liver convert their stored glycogen back into glucose.\n   3. When the stored glycogen is used up, the liver, kidneys, and small intestines can break down protein into glucose.\n\nSymptoms of Diabetes?\n\nSymptoms include:\n\n    * excessive thirst\n    * excessive urination\n    * infections (thrush)\n    * extreme hunger\n    * unusual weight loss\n    * extreme fatigue\n    * irritability\n    * nausea\n    * vomiting\n    * sweet smelling breath\n\nTypes of Diabetes\n\nThere are 4 main types of diabetes\n\n    * Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM)\n    * Non Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)\n    * Gestational Diabetes\n    * Secondary Diabetes \n\nSecondary diabetes mellitus refers to elevated blood sugar levels that develop as the result of another medical condition. Secondary diabetes mellitus also develops when the pancreatic tissue responsible for the production of insulin is absent because it is destroyed by disease, such as chronic pancreatitis, trauma, or surgical removal of the pancreas. Diabetes can also result from other hormonal disturbances, such as excessive growth hormone production (acromegaly) and Cushing's syndrome.\n\nCure for Diabetes?\n\nA cure for Diabetes has not been found yet.  However, it can be controlled. Ways to control diabetes are: maintaining blood glucose levels, blood fat levels and weight.  Blood glucose levels can be maintained by following a diet designed by your doctor, exercising, and eating at regular intervals.\n\nTreatment Options for Diabetes?\n\nSome of the most common treatment options are: oral medicines (Diabetes pills), dietary changes, exercise, insulin and islet Cell Transplantation. The oral medicines may have negative side effects. The side effects of the oral medicines include: nausea, diarrhea, metallic taste in mouth, low blood glucose, skin rash or itching, and weight gain. Rare side effects are Liver failure, Respiratory infection, Headache, and Pain\n\nHow is Diabetes mellitus diagnosed?\n\nDiabetes can be diagnosed by performing a fasting plasma glucose test. The test is as follows: After the person has fasted overnight (at least 8 hours), a sample of blood is drawn and sent to the laboratory for analysis.\n\nNormal fasting plasma glucose levels are less than 110 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl). Fasting plasma glucose levels of more than 126 mg/dl on two or more tests on different da
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It may be a sign of Diabetes, I asked a a friend of mine who has it, what were his first signs of it, he said he would have to go often.
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No.\n\nType 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease, like some kinds of arthritis or lupus. It requires an inherited susceptibility (traced to certain kinds of HLA antigens), and a trigger. the trigger is usually infection from any of several things, commonly viruses. German measles is one, as are several members of the Coxsackie virus family. During such an infection, the immune system 'learns' to attack cells with certain surface markers, and beta cells have such markers. At least that's the current best idea of what ususally happens. The beta cells get killed (having the wrong markers) and that ends your internal insulin production. Food has nothing to do with it. \n\nType 2 diabetes is more complex. It is strongly inherited, but is also influenced by environment. Those carrying more weight than they should, and the elderly, are more likely to get it. Hence its older names: obesity-related and adult-onset diabetes. It has recently been discovered that fat tissue, especially fat tissue around the abdominal organs (but not on thighs or hips or chins or ...) produce several hormones, just like the endocrine glands. Some of those hormones affect other cells, and one of them makes them  more resistant to insulin. That is, when insulin is present, it's harder for those cells to take up glucose from the blood. This is insulin resistance and it's at the heart of Type 2 diabetes. Some can be treated with diet, exercise, and supervision; some require all that and oral medications as well; some require insulin, perhaps in addition to an oral medication. \n\nObiously, it's not only sugar which can cause fat like this. Overeating anything, perhaps especially fats, can cause weight gain. Ther's nothing special about weight gain from sugar as opposed to weight from the fat in meats. \nAnyone who eats enough to become a little thick here and there has increased their chance of getting Type 2. Lack of exercise seems to be significant as well. So, whether it's sugar or anything else that you eat too much of, you can increase your chance of getting Type 2. \n\nThe only direct effect of sugar is a speculative one. In the extreme pure sugar (or sugar in solution, like a soft drink) will go into the bloodstream very quickly. This will cause a rapid rise in blood glucose level, and perhaps to a high spike in that level. There is some speculation that too many cases of such rapid spikes causes damage to beta cells in the pancreas or to other cells, in such a way as to increase the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes. Thus far, there only suspicions along this line as an experimental study to test this prediction would be difficult to design and carry out. Not to mention expensive. No drug company will finance such a study as there is no prospect of a salable drug resulting. \n\nIt's probably best to avoid 'empty calories' in any case. The classic examples are soft drinks which are basically nothing but flavored sugar water. Check the nutrient label the next time you see a soft drink bottle.