From:
"suedvm96"
Date: 2009-09-16 19:36:58 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Is it possible for a ferret to have insulinoma and diabetes at the same time?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
So sorry about your baby. As to your question, I have had a number of inulinomics that after treating for a while became diabetic. We weaned off the pred then they were fine for a while without meds but eventually went insulinomic again. Being that both diseases affect the pancreas I suspect certain things can be triggers.
I have also had some spike really high post op after partial pancreatectomy or removal of some lesions but then stabilize and be normal a bit.
If something pisses off the pancreas anything can happen. Also it is possible that there was a raging pancreatitis in addition to the insulinoma which could be responsible for the severe elevation in the blood glucose.
Just my thoughts. Take care and again so sorry about Whizbang.
Dr. Sue
TLC First Animal Hospital
Chicago, IL
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Sukie Crandall <sukiec@...> wrote:
>
> 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)
>
> Recommended ferret health links:
> http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
> http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
> http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
> http://www.miamiferret.org/
> http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
> http://www.ferretcongress.org/
> http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
> http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
> all ferret topics:
> http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
>
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