What Causes Polyphagia in Diabetes?

Polyphagia is a condition that refers to an increased food intake. This condition is often common in diabetes patients.

Diabetes patients can develop an uncontrolled food cravings and this can result in a huge increase in his or her appetite. Patients suffering from Polyphagia tend to complain of hunger pangs very frequently. The insatiable hunger linked to polyphagia will compel a person to gobble huge amount of food every meal. This is why if you are diabetic, you can still feel very hungry early in the morning even if you have eaten huge meal the previous night.

But is polyphagia a symptom of diabetes and what exactly causes polyphagia? (..find out on the next page)

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