People who feel unusually sleepy after eating may be showing signs of a serious complication of this disease.

Some people feel sleepy after eating during the day. This is a natural phenomenon caused by the body using a lot of energy to digest the food consumed. However, if only you feel unusually sleepy, it could be an early symptom of diabetes, so caution is advised.

If you feel unusually sleepy, you should suspect diabetes. If after eating you experience extreme fatigue that makes daily life difficult, it could be an early symptom of diabetes. The cause is a phenomenon called 'blood sugar spike,' where blood sugar levels rise rapidly after meals. Blood sugar spike refers to the rapid increase and decrease in blood sugar levels after eating certain foods while fasting. Although not an official medical term, it was first used by a medical school in Japan, and repeated blood sugar spikes can eventually lead to diabetes. To lower the elevated blood sugar, our body secretes a large amount of insulin. At this time, as blood sugar drops again, it can lead to hypoglycemia, causing drowsiness and fatigue.

Frequent dry throat and increased urination are early symptoms of diabetes that are difficult to notice. If suspicious symptoms appear, it may indicate that diabetes has progressed. However, if even slight additional symptoms are present, it is advisable to visit a hospital immediately for a check-up. The most common symptoms of diabetes are ▲frequent dry throat ▲frequent urination ▲eating a lot. The cause of thirst is due to excessively high blood sugar, which makes the blood sticky and requires a large amount of water to dilute it. The increase in urine volume is to excrete the excess sugar that the body cannot absorb all at once due to high blood sugar.