Insulinoma-Understanding,Symptoms, & How to Treat

Insulinoma-The pancreas is an organ that is so important in regulating metabolic processes of the body. If the pancreas is experiencing interference, this can cause a drop in blood sugar levels or hypoglycemia, as happens in diabetes. 

Insulinoma

However, symptoms of hypoglycemia can also be is the harbinger of the presence of abnormal cell growth of pancreatic tumors in alias, or also known as insulinoma. Although not including cancer, pancreatic tumor caused effects can be very serious, even deadly.

What is a pancreatic tumor (insulinoma)?

Insulinoma is a tumor that grows in small pancreas. This tumor has a very small size, a diameter of less than 2 cm. Insulinoma also include benign tumors so it has a very small possibility to develop into cancer. Even so, the chances of development of insulinoma into cancer of a person are higher if there is disruption on other endocrine neoplasia.

Pancreas under normal conditions will only produce the hormone insulin as needed, or to glucose is absorbed and circulated in the blood, so that the levels of glucose in the blood remain normal. However, the presence of a tumor in the pancreas will increase the production of excess insulin even though when not needed. As a result, sufferers of insulinoma may experience decreased glucose levels significantly and cause serious hypoglycemia.

What are the symptoms of pancreatic tumors?

Symptoms or insulinoma attack can occur when a person consumes glucose in very small amounts or restricted within a specified time, such as while fasting. A case report shows a faster insulinoma sufferers may experience a drop in blood glucose levels up to 1.5 mmol/L or almost three times lower than the normal fasting blood sugar levels (3.9 – 5.5 mmol/L). It is very dangerous and can cause serious insulinoma impact so that require handling soon.

Insulinoma sufferers don't always realize the symptoms that occur in them. This is due to the severity of tumor development and the condition of hypoglycemia that occurs. On the State of the light, the sufferer may experience the following symptoms:

• The view blurry suddenly

• Confusion

• Dizzy

• Experiencing mood disorders, feeling anxious and easy emotions

• Limp and experienced tremor

• Sweating

• Have an increased weight suddenly

In serious condition, sufferers can experience interference insulinoma central nervous system, heart and adrenal gland disorders, as well as cause some symptoms such as:

• abdominal pain and diarrhea

• back pain

• Experienced jaundice (eye color and skin becomes yellowish)

• seizures

• Trouble thinking

• Heart beating very fast (more than 95 heart beatS per minute)

Anyone who is exposed to risky insulinoma?

Up to now it is unknown exactly how tumors insulinoma began and how it can cause damage to the pancreas. Moreover, there are no specific conditions that trigger the symptoms of insulinoma, namely insulin production would remain high when blood glucose levels are still within the normal range, and most dangerous time in the low state.

One of the studies that investigate the lifestyle factors and risk factors of the tumor with insulinoma also did not find a significant relationship between the two. However, such research shows most of the genesis of disease is inherited insulinoma in the family. Individuals who have a family history or parents who experience insulinoma be 16 times more at risk of undergoing insulinoma. Then, a history of all types of cancer in the family will increase the risk of someone affected by insulinoma about two times higher.

Whether an insulinoma be prevented?

Insulinoma is unknown has risk factors that can be changed so that there is no specific prevention efforts can do. Nevertheless, the application of a pattern of healthy living with balanced nutrition and physical activity as well as vegetable and fruit consumption more, known to be able to prevent the development of abnormal cells or tumor on someone, especially if you have the risk of the acts cancer or tumor within the family. Maintain pancreatic health can be done by not smoking and eating less red meat.

 How to treat Pancreatic Tumors?

Such tumors in General, insulinoma can be cured by means of lifting the tumors in the pancreas with a high level of healing. Nonetheless, tumors in the pancreas can develop into cancer, so that require handling of cancer healing methods such as radiofrequency ablation, cryotherapy and chemotherapy.

In addition, in some cases, tumor removal also cannot cure abnormal insulin production so that the consumption of drugs for regulating blood sugar levels are still required if the operating methods are not effective.

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