3. Fatigue
Frequent trips to the “john” are not reserved just for daytimes. Waking up in the middle of the night to urinate disrupts healthy sleep patterns. Enough interruptions (possibly even one!) can leave a person tired long after the alarm goes off in the morning. Another reason fatigue is a symptom of diabetes is more biological. The glucose in the blood is failing to give the body’s cells energy because there is not sufficient insulin to allow the glucose to enter the cells. When the cells are deprived of energy, fatigue follows. But that’s not all. . .
4. Excessive Hunger
As the glucose fails to feed the cells the energy they need, the cells begin to starve. And so does the person. Hunger accompanies blood sugar level spikes and drops. In the case of a drop, the body thinks it has not been fed. It craves more glucose, i.e. food.