Depending on the amount of food eaten, the dose of medication, clinical manifestations and other factors, different diabetic patients hunger time is not the same, in most cases about 4 hours after the meal may be hungry.
Diabetic patients how long after the meal will be hungry need to be based on the patient’s specific circumstances to be considered, in most cases about 4 hours after the meal, with the stomach emptying may be hungry, for poor glycemic control accompanied by polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, weight loss and other symptoms of diabetic patients will be hungry faster than diabetic patients without the above symptoms, it may be less than four hours on the hungry.
If the amount of food eaten during a meal is not large or the amount of food consumed after a meal is large, it will also lead to hunger faster than diabetic patients who eat a large amount of food or consume a small amount of food after a meal. In addition to this, if the dose of glucose-lowering medication is too high, postprandial hunger can also occur.
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of glucose utilization by peripheral tissues, increased lipolysis, and negative balance of protein metabolism, which itself can cause symptoms of easy hunger. In addition, hyperinsulinemia, in which insulin levels exceed normal due to abnormal insulin secretion, can also cause symptoms of fast hunger as well as hypoglycemia.
Patients diagnosed with diabetes should be treated with standardized medication under the guidance of a doctor to stabilize blood sugar control.