From:
"cbrolle"
Date: 2008-03-28 04:43:32 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Looking for advice/consultation for a very ill little girl
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Thank you Tony! My vet and I saw the very low insulin and we figured
it was not insulinoma. When she first started feeling ill her glucose
was 59 and it has topped around 65 during her illness. She
crawls..she cannot really walk or stand, though some of that is
weakness. Stumbling was the first sign that caused me to take her to
the vet, she seemed otherwise normal at that time. Again, we
suspected insulinoma at first but low insulin + prednisone doing
nothing. The prednisolone seems to be helping.
> Be aware that low insulin is not proof of no insulinoma. The insulin
> secreted by the beta cells during insulinoma is not high constantly,
> it is emitted in erratic bursts and a reading at any one point can be
> misleading. The general rule is if the glucose is 60 or less at any
> time then it is almost certainly insulinoma irrespective of the
> insulin reading or of any other clinical signs. If it is between 60
> and 80 with walking/standing problems, shivering, staring into space,
> sleeping, lethargy and salivating then it is probably insulinoma
> irrespective of insulin readings.
> See this link for expert info.
> http://www.afip.org/ferrets/PDF/insulinoma.pdf
>
> Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
> In memory of Sally and Sue.
>
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:ferrethealth-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ferrethealth-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ferrethealth-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/