More than a year ago, 40-year-old season women always felt weak and dizzy from time to time. Sometimes I also lose consciousness and often sleep on the road early in the morning . The local hospital diagnosed her with epilepsy, but it did not improve after treatment.
More than a month ago, Ms. Ji suddenly fell into a coma and was sent to a local hospital. It happened that gastrointestinal and pancreatic surgery doctor was in the local area for . found that her blood sugar in was far lower than the average level . Combined with other examinations, she was finally diagnosed as insulinoma .
Why does insulinoma cause epilepsy-like symptoms?
At that time, the chief physician said that pancreatic has an endocrine function, and the hormones it secretes into the blood. Most people know that insulin is called insulin . If insulin is missing, it will be diabetes , but this patient has too much insulin, which reduces blood sugar too low . has low blood sugar and reduced brain cell function, which shows poor memory, or is exhausted .
Doctor told reporters that insulinoma has diverse clinical manifestations. In addition to palpitations, sweating, coma, , and other hypoglycemia symptoms, also manifests as gastric ulcers , stomach pain and other symptoms. is prone to misdiagnosis and misdiagnosis . Fortunately, 95% of insulinomas are mostly benign tumors, and they can live normally after removal.
