Many people wonder “does diabetes cause headaches or dizziness?” The fact is it can and it often does. Diabetes cause headaches in many patients for many different reasons. And dizziness is another common complaint. Often patients that are diabetic also have a problem with high blood pressure and occasionally low blood pressure, although the latter is rare. A headache is a common complaint of patients with elevated blood pressure and those with diabetes. It should be noted that the sudden onset of a severe headache should be treated as an emergency that needs immediate medical attention. Less severe headaches are not an emergency but are certainly painful and difficult to live with if they occur with any frequency. Let’s start off with answering the question – does diabetes cause headaches?

Can Diabetes Cause Headaches?

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What is the relationship between headaches and diabetes? Diabetes and headaches are often seen together, and there are several reasons for this. Diabetes often leads to nerve damage (neuropathy). Sometimes it can affect the cranial nerves, or the nerves that run through the head, which often result in severe headaches.

Yet another reason for diabetes and headaches is glaucoma and other eye problems which may also be caused by diabetes. Glaucoma is an eye disease in which there is excess fluid built up inside the eye. This raises pressure in the eye and pressure on the optic nerve. This pressure, put on the optic nerve, is sometimes the cause of headaches with diabetes.

Headaches and diabetes problems have also been known to be caused by high blood pressure, which is often seen in diabetes patients. Headaches are a common symptom of hypertension (high blood pressure), and occur whether the …