What is Reactive Hypoglycemia?

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I got an interesting letter in my mailbox last night from Martha in Tucson who asked me “what exactly is reactive hypoglycemia?” I realized that I’d put a lot of information out here on the blog, but nothing that states concisely what the condition is.

Simply put, reactive hypoglycemia is a blood sugar disorder; it’s a symptom of an underlying condition. You can read about the causes here, but most are benign (just bothersome!). If you have reactive hypoglycemia, your body’s gluco-regulatory system (the part of your body that turns food into fuel) does not operate normally. You will experience blood sugar highs that you probably won’t notice, and blood sugar lows that you most probably will (ranging from mild shakes and feeling ill, to severe nausea, fainting and even seizures). There’s more about symptoms here.

Please look around the site for more in depth answers–and welcome!

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6 Comments on “What is Reactive Hypoglycemia?”

1 All About Tietze’s Syndrome » Blog Archive » Ovo-vegan Diet Cured my Tietze’s Syndrome said at 9:50 am on June 23rd, 2009:
[...] because of ethics, but because of a disease completely unrelated to Tietze’s Syndrome, called Reactive Hypoglycemia. The diet (with a little tweaking) definitely helped me combat my hypoglycemia. However, the diet [...]
2 Celeste Laurent » Blog Archive » You can’t lose weight for your wedding? But you don’t look sick? said at 4:29 pm on April 30th, 2010:
[...] What many people don’t realize, however, is that I have a blood sugar disorder called reactive hypoglycemia. [...]
3 Ruth said at 9:20 pm on August 27th, 2010:
I was diagnosed with Diabetes in 2006 and I experience high sugar levels, but have also experienced really low sugar levels. . . I just thought that people who have extreme “spikes” between high and low have a condition called “Brittle Diabetes”, which is a very bad form of Diabetes because of the “lows”. . what is the difference between “brittle diabetes & reactive hypoglycemia??
4 Steph Kenrose said at 10:24 am on September 17th, 2010:
Ruth,
Sorry, I’m not familiar with brittle diabetes. I’ll look it up and if I find any info related to RH I’ll post about it.
Stephanie
5 Veronica said at 9:21 am on May 16th, 2011:
Hi! I was diagnosed with reactv.hypo, last year, i have all the symptoms and even thought i follow a strict diet i am getting worst! do u know of any specialist in the nyc area?
6 Steph Kenrose said at 2:05 pm on May 21st, 2011:
I’m afraid I don’t…I’m in Florida. Try a large teaching hospital: you should have luck there!

Stephanie