Can being diabetic make you tired?!
Question: yes it does. It doesn't matter whether you are type I or II. and here's the reason.
Whenever your blood sugar is above 120 there is enough to begin to coat your red blood cells with it. It's sort of like the hard candy shell on a candied apple. At that point three things begin to happen.
1. the "shell" that forms causes the red blood cell to not be able to transfer nutrients to other cells, and also carry away waste> (oxygen => Co2, etc). they test this with the Hemoglobin A1C test to check amount of damage). Your blood is not working efficiently and it can make you feel tired a lot.
2. Also because the cells are hardened, the cause micro scarring in the cappillaries as they pass through, and also on artery walls. This condition creates a "sticky" place on the artery walls where plaque forms and "hardens" the artery.
This further reduces the efficiency of circulation, and causes increased blood bressure which also damages other things.
3. This circulation and cell damage is happening to every system and every major organ in the body, including your eyes (retinas too), and your brain and nervous system.
Your body replaces "dead" cells, but it does not see these as dead (or damaged either) cells. so they continue to circulate in their damaged state for their entire 3 month life cycle.
So, then, when your blood sugar is above normal, you need to get it back down immediately. It takes 3 months for damaged red blood cells to be replaced. And the damage continues during that time.
That's why it is so incredibly important to check your blood sugar 4 or more times a day. Damage that takes place over a few hours can take 3 months to "heal".
Hope this helps.
Answers: yes it does. It doesn't matter whether you are type I or II. and here's the reason.
Whenever your blood sugar is above 120 there is enough to begin to coat your red blood cells with it. It's sort of like the hard candy shell on a candied apple. At that point three things begin to happen.
1. the "shell" that forms causes the red blood cell to not be able to transfer nutrients to other cells, and also carry away waste> (oxygen => Co2, etc). they test this with the Hemoglobin A1C test to check amount of damage). Your blood is not working efficiently and it can make you feel tired a lot.
2. Also because the cells are hardened, the cause micro scarring in the cappillaries as they pass through, and also on artery walls. This condition creates a "sticky" place on the artery walls where plaque forms and "hardens" the artery.
This further reduces the efficiency of circulation, and causes increased blood bressure which also damages other things.
3. This circulation and cell damage is happening to every system and every major organ in the body, including your eyes (retinas too), and your brain and nervous system.
Your body replaces "dead" cells, but it does not see these as dead (or damaged either) cells. so they continue to circulate in their damaged state for their entire 3 month life cycle.
So, then, when your blood sugar is above normal, you need to get it back down immediately. It takes 3 months for damaged red blood cells to be replaced. And the damage continues during that time.
That's why it is so incredibly important to check your blood sugar 4 or more times a day. Damage that takes place over a few hours can take 3 months to "heal".
Hope this helps.
most definitely.
It does me.
yes
Yes it can....
me too. Be careful. Check blood sugar.Watch your diet
All the stuff I don't do either
good luck
I was just diagnosed about 2 months ago, and im exhausted all the time. So yes, i think it does, but make sure you monitor, if its to high, that can make you really tired.
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I've been a diabetic for over twenty years now and I feel very tired most of the time but my doctor had me try taking vitamins like centrum silver and it really helps alot. Now I feel like I have more energy.
ya definitely
ya it makes me tired
esp when ur blood sugar is high.
MY DOCTOR told me that oxygen attaches onto glucose cells instead of going to your muscles so it makes you more tired during athletics