
Eight hours of sleep and still exhausted: sleep apnea often goes undetected for years
He came in about his blood pressure, not his fatigue
A 46-year-old man comes to the clinic. The reason for the visit is high blood pressure. He does not mention fatigue, because in his view it is not a problem. It has been part of everyday…

Diabetes Does Not Begin When It Is Diagnosed. It Begins Years Earlier, as Prediabetes.
Case
Let us call him Markus. A 44-year-old father of two with an office job. He came to the appointment complaining of fatigue that did not go away even during holidays. In the afternoons, about an hour after lunch, his eyes would begin to…
