Brun JF et al 2000

Postprandial reactive hypoglycemia

Brun JF et al 2000
Postprandial reactive hypoglycemia (PRH) can be diagnosed if sympathetic and neuroglucopenic symptoms develop concurrently with low blood sugar (<3.3 mmol). …PRH could result from (a) an exaggerated insulin response, either related to insulin resistance or to increased glucagon-like-peptide 1; (b) renal glycosuria; (c) defects in glucagon response; (d) high insulin sensitivity, probably the most frequent cause (50-70%), which is not adequately compensated by hypoinsulinemia …Thus, diet remains the main treatment, although alpha-glucosidase inhibitors and some other drugs may be helpful.

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