What is reactive hypoglycemia?
Reactive hypoglycemia
recurrent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia occurring within four hours[1] after a high carbohydrate meal in people both with and without diabetes
Reactive hypoglycemia, postprandial hypoglycemia, or sugar crash is a term describing recurrent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia occurring within four hours[1] after a high carbohydrate meal in people both with and without diabetes.[2] The term is not necessarily a diagnosis since it requires an evaluation to determine the cause of the hypoglycemia.[3]