What Causes Drowsiness After Eating?
Drowsiness after eating can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'worrying' to 'needs attention'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose drowsiness after eating, we could:
- Research the topic
- Find a doctor with the time
- Use a diagnostic computer system.
The process is the same, whichever method is used.
Step 1: List all Possible Causes
We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "drowsiness after eating" as a symptom. Here are four possibilities:
- Candida / Yeast
- Stomach Acid Deficiency
- Food Allergies
- Poor Small Intestine Health
Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist
We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:
allergies as a child
excess nose/throat mucus
frequent rotten egg burps
possible delayed gastric emptying
pain medication use
intolerance of sugars
... and more than 60 others
Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause
A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of drowsiness after eating:
|Candida / Yeast
|Stomach Acid Deficiency
|Poor Small Intestine Health
* This is a simple example to illustrate the process
Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis
is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.
In the Sleep Symptoms
section of the questionnaire, The Analyst™
will ask the following question about drowsiness after meals:
Do you generally become sleepy after eating?
→ Rarely / don't know
Based on your response to this question, which may indicate either absence of drowsiness after eating or drowsiness after eating, The Analyst™
will consider possibilities such as: