It is not normal for a diabetic to be hungry all the time, and it is arguably not a good thing. It may be due to diabetes itself, hypoglycemia and other factors.
Diabetes itself: diabetes is the peripheral tissues of glucose utilization disorders, increased lipolysis, protein metabolism is a negative balance, which can cause symptoms of easy hunger, there is a feeling of hunger can be increased in moderation to increase the dietary fiber content of food to increase the sense of satiety, delay gastric emptying, reduce the feeling of hunger, and better alleviate the symptoms of elevated postprandial blood glucose and constipation.
Hypoglycemia: When diabetic patients experience hunger, hypoglycemia may be present, and blood glucose should be measured immediately. Hypoglycemia can be diagnosed when diabetic patients’ blood glucose value is ≤3.9 mmol/L. Hypoglycemia is often accompanied by panic, hand shaking, cold sweat and other symptoms, serious may appear coma, should be timely consumption of candy or glucose to ease the symptoms of hypoglycemia, if necessary, to the hospital emergency treatment.
After the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, dietary management is needed, such as controlling the total calorie intake, maintaining a diet with less sugar, less oil and less salt, and lowering blood glucose by running, swimming, jumping rope and other physical exercises, as well as by taking glucose-lowering drugs such as metformin, glipizide, etc., or by insulin injection, and then the symptoms of being hungry easily can be alleviated after the stabilization of blood glucose control.
Diabetic patients who are always hungry should go to the hospital for further examination and treatment under the guidance of the doctor.