From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2009-09-16 00:38:47 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Is it possible for a ferret to have insulinoma and diabetes at the same time?
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
The reason I ask if it is possible for a ferret to have insulinoma and
diabetes at the same time is because Whizbang had an asymptomatic
small insulinoma removed around a month and a half ago when other
things like checking for either stump pyometra or retained ovary were
happening. (BTW, once pathology was done neither was present with
what looked strongly like an ovary being badly damaged fat.) Blood
work kept being normal and she did not show post-op diabetes in her
post-op blood work, either because we do know enough to watch for
that. Is it possible to have both together so that the insulin
produced by the too active beta cells can hide a tendency toward
diabetes due to inactivity of too many other beta cells? Of course,
if so then she might have shown the problem in her post-op work, but
maybe not if she was stuck at the right time after eating and if the
diabetes had not yet gotten bad. Then again, maybe it just turned on
suddenly.
Sukie (not a vet)
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