10 Diabetes Symptoms
Symptom #5: Headaches
While not all headaches are related to diabetes, glucose levels in your blood can be one reason for this symptom to appear. Both hypoglycemia (low glucose levels) and hyperglycemia (high glucose levels) can cause headaches.
Note that blood sugar level is raised by the food you eat which is transformed to sugar besides other nutrients. Once this glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream, it should get into cells where it can be metabolized into energy. Unfortunately, without insulin or in case of insulin resistance, the glucose has no means to enter the cells. The sugar will therefore remain within the bloodstream, resulting in hyperglycemia.
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