Are you woken up by hunger in the middle of the night every day? Don’t think it’s a sign of good appetite and strong digestion ability. If you also have symptoms such as hand tremors and palpitations, beware that it is a precursor to diabetes. It is best to have a blood sugar screening as soon as possible!
Always wake up hungry in the middle of the night, beware of the precursor of diabetes
The reason why diabetic patients always wake up hungry in the middle of the night is that their pancreatic function is abnormal. Generally speaking, 15 minutes after ordinary people eat, there will be a small peak in insulin secretion, and it will reach the highest peak in 1 hour; while the peak of insulin secretion in diabetic patients will be delayed. Inappropriate insulin secretion will lower the patient’s blood sugar, thus causing hunger.
For this phenomenon, it is recommended that diabetic patients can make adjustments in their diet, try to avoid eating deeply processed foods for dinner, and eat foods with high fiber and protein content appropriately.
However, if you sleep without eating, or you have been on a diet before going to bed, waking up hungry in the middle of the night just means that you are hungry. At this time, the stomach will remind you to replenish energy, which does not mean anything.
What are the symptoms of diabetes?
So, in addition to being easy to be hungry, what other symptoms will there be before diabetes comes?
- Polyuria
If the blood sugar of diabetic patients continues to rise, the glucose filtered out through the glomerulus cannot be completely absorbed by the renal tubules, which will form osmotic diuresis and increase urine volume.
- Drinking more
High blood sugar can increase plasma osmotic pressure, and combined with the symptoms of polyuria, it is easy to cause excessive water loss in the body, leading to dehydration and thirst.
- Weight loss
Diabetic patients have a relative lack of insulin in their bodies, or insulin resistance, which can cause the body to be unable to use glucose to generate heat, which causes excessive consumption of fat and protein, and slowly leads to weight loss.
- Vision loss
Many diabetic patients will experience vision loss and blurred vision in the early stages. This is mainly because high blood sugar can cause changes in the osmotic pressure of the lens and cause changes in refractive power.
