Concurrent Therapy with a Low-carbohydrate Diet and Miglitol Remarkably Improved the Postprandial Blood Glucose and Insulin Levels in a Patient with Reactive Hypoglycemia due to Late Dumping Syndrome

Intern Med. 2016;55(9):1137-42. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5655. Epub 2016 May 1.

Abstract

Reactive hypoglycemia induced by late dumping syndrome is often observed after gastrectomy. However, no effective therapy has yet been fully established. We herein describe a case in which concurrent therapy with a low-carbohydrate diet using low-glycemic-index food and an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, miglitol, very effectively ameliorated the postprandial fluctuations in the blood glucose and plasma insulin levels in a patient with reactive hypoglycemia due to late dumping syndrome following total gastrectomy. The administration of miglitol under a low-carbohydrate diet using low-glycemic-index food may therefore be an ideal treatment for reactive hypoglycemia due to late dumping syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 1-Deoxynojirimycin / analogs & derivatives*
  • 1-Deoxynojirimycin / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Blood Glucose / drug effects
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted*
  • Dumping Syndrome / complications*
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / blood
  • Hypoglycemia / etiology
  • Hypoglycemia / therapy*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Insulin / blood
  • Male
  • Postprandial Period / physiology

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin
  • miglitol
  • 1-Deoxynojirimycin