How Does Diabetes Affect Sleep?
People with diabetes often experience sleep issues, such as sleeping too much, trouble falling asleep or staying asleep at night. Some studies have shown a clear link between the condition and sleep. In fact, having diabetes does not necessarily mean that the quality of sleep may be affected. Diabetes symptoms are actually what you need to manage to sleep better. These include:
– High levels of blood sugar may lead to frequent urination at night, which make you get up more often to go to the toilet
– Low levels of blood sugar may lead to sweating, dizziness, and shakiness, which would affect your sleep
– When glucose levels are high, the body draws more water from other tissues. As a result, you would feel dehydrated and have to get up frequently to drink water [2]
