Message Number: YG7913 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Mike Janke
Date: 2001-10-12 04:03:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Insulinoma

Insulinomas are tumors of the pancreas which cause excessive amounts
of insulin to be released. This in turn causes hypoglycemia (low
blood glucose). This is a relatively common disease in our ferrets.

mike

--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., mandiedorweiler@h... wrote:
> I am sure that this question has been asked, and I checked the
> archives but could not find the answer there. I just recently
> joined, and am reading a lot of messages about insulinoma.
However,
> I have no clue exactly what it is. Could someone help me with
this?