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Is Fatigue Caused Due To High Blood Sugar?

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Posted on Mon, 17 Feb 2014
Question: I am a type 2 diabetic,had pancreautitis lost 24 lbs and now I feel totally worn out. blood sugar not very well controlled. I take 2000 mg metformin and 18 units of lantus solostar. I am almost afraid to eat due to b/s counts. I also am now experiencing horrible fatigue is this due to high b/s counts? b/s counts range from 200 to over 500. is it possible a food problem?
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Answered by Dr. Namala Bharadwaj (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: fatigue due to high sugar, food might not be prob. Detailed Answer: Hello dear XXXX, Thanks for your query at chm, I understand your concern. Type 2 daibetes with past history of pancreatitis with uncontrolled sugar levels might be due to decrease in insulin reserve due to pancreatitis. During pancreatitis insulin secreting cells might have been damaged leading to uncontrollable blood sugar levels. My recommendation would be get insulin reserve test by various stimulatory test to know about how musch insulin secreting cells are present and manage accordingly by adjusting dose of insulin and metformin for better blood sugar level controls. Fatigue can be due to high uncontrolled blood sugar levels. Food might not have been problem in your case it might be due to reduction of insulin secreting cells. Hope i answered your query . Any further information we can discuss in follow up query. Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Follow up: Dr. Namala Bharadwaj (8 hours later)
thank you for your time.I will speak to my m.d. and get this resolved I hope.
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Answered by Dr. Namala Bharadwaj (9 hours later)
Brief Answer: thank you for reply. Detailed Answer: Hello dear XXXX. Thank you for your reply and accepting my advice. Wish you happy and healthy life.
Note: For further follow-up, discuss your blood glucose reports with our diabetologist. Click here.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Is Fatigue Caused Due To High Blood Sugar?

Brief Answer: fatigue due to high sugar, food might not be prob. Detailed Answer: Hello dear XXXX, Thanks for your query at chm, I understand your concern. Type 2 daibetes with past history of pancreatitis with uncontrolled sugar levels might be due to decrease in insulin reserve due to pancreatitis. During pancreatitis insulin secreting cells might have been damaged leading to uncontrollable blood sugar levels. My recommendation would be get insulin reserve test by various stimulatory test to know about how musch insulin secreting cells are present and manage accordingly by adjusting dose of insulin and metformin for better blood sugar level controls. Fatigue can be due to high uncontrolled blood sugar levels. Food might not have been problem in your case it might be due to reduction of insulin secreting cells. Hope i answered your query . Any further information we can discuss in follow up query. Regards.