Having a rare illness, a girl

On March 13, according to the Central Endocrinology Hospital, doctors successfully operated endocrine pancreatic tumors for patient Tran Ngoc Th. (25 years old, in Nam Dinh) . This is a rare disease with a new incidence of 1 / 250,000 people / year.

The Central Endocrinology Doctor performs tumor surgery for patient Tran Ngoc Th.

Before that, patient Tran Ngoc Th. detection of Insulinnoma, parathyroid and pituitary tumors at the end of 2017. However, recently, the disease has worsened. Patients often tired, trembling limbs, even fainting. The patient had to overcome himself by drinking sugar juice, candy continuously, so he fell into overweight and obesity. After that, the patient went to see and treat at the Central Endocrinology Hospital. Here, the patient had surgery to remove the tumor of 0.9 × 0.9 mm in size. Currently, the patient is alert and continues to receive post-operative care and treatment.

Associate Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong, Director of the Central Endocrinology Hospital, who directly operated on this case, said endocrine pancreatic cancer is a rare disease but has a serious impact on quality of life as well as calculation. network of patients. It is worth mentioning that the clinical symptoms of the disease are diverse and may be confused with neuropathy, fasting hypoglycemia (there are some patients with postprandial hypoglycemia). Many patients, therefore, self-treat at home by sucking on candies, eating sweets to avoid hypoglycemia.

In fact, this is a very severe endocrine disease, if not treated properly and promptly, these prolonged episodes of hypoglycemia will permanently damage, irreversibly central nervous system, causing severe neurological sequelae in children. For adults, prolonged or recurrent hypoglycemia also leads to irreversible neurological damage due to the lack of energy organization.