====== Non-hypoglycemia ======

//Non-hypoglycemia// - a.k.a. //Idiopathic postprandial syndrome// -

>- describes a collection of clinical signs and symptoms similar to medical hypoglycemia but without the demonstrably low blood glucose levels which characterize said condition."\\ \\ Source : [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_postprandial_syndrome|Wikipedia]]

The symptoms, which include :

  * Shakiness
  * A sense of weakness
  * Altered or depressed mood
  * Confusion
  * Fatigue
  * Anxiety
  * Paleness
  * Perspiration
  * Increased pulse or respiratory rate
  * Hunger

- typically appear a few hours after eating.

Unlike 'true' hypoglycemia (lack of blood glucose) the syndrome does not lead to damage to the nervous system.

The syndrome is widespread - actual numbers are unknown, but some have described it as 'an epidemic'.

The causes are not currently known.

The are suggestions that the syndrome may not in fact be a 'real' disease. In October 1974, //The New England Journal of Medicine// featured an article entitled [[https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM197410242911713|Non-hypoglycemia as an epidemic condition]] describing the condition as a "non-disease".