low blood pressure

[hollyslot]

I don't know if having low blood pressure is related to type 1 diabetes, but every time i see a dr and they test my blood pressure, they always say its qute low. however they never seem to do anything about it.
I'm not sure whether to press them on this, because throughout the day i feel very (very) fatigued, even when i don't have high bg levels. i always thought it was because my levels fluctuate, but not extremely usually.
i also have a slightly yellow tinge to my skin, and i am not sure if this is anything to do with it?

 

[catherinecherub]

Hi @hollyslot.
It is difficult to say if your blood pressure is too low as you do not give any numbers. I doubt that the Dr. would not do something if it was too low.
This site will give you information about blood pressure.

http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/BloodPressureandyou/Thebasics/Bloodpressurechart

As to yellowing of your skin, does this also include the whites of your eyes?

Best to see your Dr. about this as there are several possibilities.

 

[nickm]

CCherub, you should be more sceptical of doctors. Look at all the deaths from failure to diagnose Addison's disease, which is much more common in T1DM and causes low BP and fatigue.

 

[CarbsRok]

CCherub, you should be more sceptical of doctors. Look at all the deaths from failure to diagnose Addison's disease, which is much more common in T1DM and causes low BP and fatigue.

With respect a GP might not ever come across anyone with Addison's disease even if they were in practice for 30 years or more.

 

[nickm]

My professors used to say that the role of doctors was to exclude serious treatable disease. Not knowing is no excuse for not referring the patient to a specialist. Addison's also causes skin colour changes of a variable nature. Is it that hard to look in a textbook for the differential diagnosis of low BP, fatigue and pigmentation changes?
Think Bayesian. Polyglandular syndromes are not that rare in T1s