How Heat May Affect Diabetes
Heat and high temperatures can make everyone feel exhausted. For people with diabetes, this weather condition may even cause certain negative effects on the body. For instance, they are more likely to become dehydrated more quickly than others. This may lead to signs, such as fatigue, increased thirst, reduced urination, headache, dizziness, dry eyes, dry mouth, rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, and dark-colored urine. Heat exhaustion may also happen as diabetes would damage the nerves and blood vessels, including those in the sweat glands, making it harder to cool the body as usual. In addition, high temperatures may change how the body processes insulin. As a result, it increases the risk for both low and high levels of blood sugar. [2]
