Drowsiness after meals

Introduction After lunch, the stomach needs to be digested, and the blood is concentrated in the stomach. The blood in the brain is relatively flat, so it is easy to get tired. And the impact of factors such as personal habits. Also pay attention to the influence of the biological clock.

Cause

People feel sleepy after a meal because elevated blood sugar levels inhibit neurons that remain awake and alert in the human brain. When a person eats a lot of food, a lot of blood in the body runs to the stomach and intestines, causing the brain to be ischemic, and it will be sleepy. In addition, after the gastrointestinal tract starts working, it can also inhibit brain activity through nervous system regulation, and it will also feel sleepy. This is a normal physiological phenomenon, there is no need to adjust it. However, eating on time, eating less at night before going to bed is better, so that the stomach can rest for a while.

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Eating food is when a person eats a lot of food, a lot of blood in the body runs to the stomach and intestines, so that the brain is ischemic, it will be sleepy. In addition, after the gastrointestinal tract starts working, it can also inhibit brain activity through the regulation of the nervous system, and it will also feel sleepy. This is a normal physiological phenomenon, and it is not necessary to adjust it. However, eating on time, it is better to eat less at night before going to bed, so that the stomach can rest for a while. Every day after eating, I will be particularly sleepy, my mind is not clear, my spirits are sluggish, I want to sleep. These can be diagnosed.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of sleepiness after meals:

1. Fatigue: fatigue and fatigue are a subjective discomfort. However, objectively, under the same conditions, they will lose their ability to perform their normal activities or work. Any disease can develop fatigue at a certain stage, so there are many diseases that can cause fatigue.

2, easy to fatigue: a little tired after working.

3, easy to feel: one of the 20 symptoms summarized in the depression self-rating scale, is a sub-health state, easy to fatigue.

4, job burnout: Job Burnout (job burnout), also known as "job burnout", refers to a state of physical and mental exhaustion under the weight of work, tired of the feeling of work, is a feeling of physical and mental energy exhausted by work.

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