Message Number: SG5642 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: julie_fossa@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:01:24 +0100 (BST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: wasting ferret, need help asap
Message-ID: <6535945.1060009284675.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Natasha, I am so sorry to hear Girl has passed.
I hope one of our vets give you a good answer for why the bloodwork didn't show anything, but I suspect it is because Insulinoma and Lymphoma are really two different diseases. With Insulinoma, the growths produce insulin, which is why it shows up on bloodwork as low glucose.
However, with Lymphoma, it can affect any number of organs or systems. Lymphoma would not necessarily have caused the pancreas to produce the excessive insulin, yet could have destroyed the pancreas or other organs along with it. That is what I would guess happened. I am not a vet, so hopefully one will address your question.
Julie
Author wrote:
> Thank you all for trying to help. Girl crossed the bridge Friday night, .... but why did'nt anything show up on the bloodwork to indicate? Or is that just hit or miss?
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