What is reactive hypoglycemia?

Reactive hypoglycemia is recurrent episodes of symptomatic low blood sugar occurring 1–2 hours after a high carbohydrate meal. It may be the result of excessive insulin release triggered by the carbohydrate meal that continues after digestion and disposal of the glucose from the meal.

How do members experience reactive hypoglycemia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with reactive hypoglycemia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for reactive hypoglycemia*

Who has reactive hypoglycemia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 10
30s 37
40s 62
50s 81
60s 64
70+ 33

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 45
Female 238

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What is reactive hypoglycemia?

Reactive hypoglycemia is recurrent episodes of symptomatic low blood sugar occurring 1–2 hours after a high carbohydrate meal. It may be the result of excessive insulin release triggered by the carbohydrate meal that continues after digestion and disposal of the glucose from the meal.



Common symptoms reported by people with reactive hypoglycemia

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for reactive hypoglycemia

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Compare treatments taken by people with reactive hypoglycemia

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Who has reactive hypoglycemia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 67 say reactive hypoglycemia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 10
30s 37
40s 62
50s 81
60s 64
70+ 33
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 34
20-29 years 19
30-39 years 29
40-49 years 21
50-59 years 12
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 45
Female 238

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 136
Not Diagnosed 27

These charts show data from reactive hypoglycemia patients who have completed their condition history
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