Do not wake up in the morning, fatigue often diarrhea ...
Ms. Li (pseudonym), 42, from Guangxi
I was plagued by symptoms such as recurrent episodes of "hypoglycemia" for 2 years
It was only discovered after the diagnosis
The culprit turned out to be
Neuroendocrine tumors
The tumor has invaded by the time the diagnosis is made
Pancreatic head and tail, liver, duodenum,
Part of the stomach, proximal jejunum, gallbladder, gallbladder
A total of seven major organs
Strange disease "hypoglycemia" has been plagued for 2 years
Seek medical treatment everywhere to finally confirm the diagnosis!
"Repeated hypoglycemia, limb weakness, diarrhea, and worsening trend in the past two months." Ms. Li (pseudonym), who lives in Guangxi, was plagued by these uncomfortable symptoms for two years and was anxious to seek medical treatment, but the consultation was fruitless. She has visited a number of tertiary hospitals in Guangxi, but the local hospitals have not been able to make a definitive diagnosis and determine the treatment plan.
Finally, Ms. Li came to the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University for help, and after consultation with the hospital's multidisciplinary experts, the doctors considered that the patient had "multiple neuroendocrine neoplasia type 1".
"Her condition is very complicated, the tumor not only appears in the liver, pancreas, stomach, but also secretes 2 hormones, which triggers a variety of symptoms." Professor Yin Xiaoyu, director of the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, said that the treatment of the disease is relatively tricky.
For Ms. Li, the insulinoma caused her to increase insulin in her body, leaving her with symptoms such as general weakness and hypoglycemia; the gastrin secreted by the gastrinoma caused her to have too much stomach acid, resulting in peptic ulcers, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms.
Difficult surgery! Fix one tumor in the stomach at a time
With the assistance of surgical robots
The hospital has completed a difficult "three-in-one" operation
Removed "a tumor in her stomach" at once
More than 2 weeks after the operation, Ms. Li successfully recovered and was discharged from the hospital, and the symptoms such as hypoglycemia and diarrhea that had plagued her completely disappeared. However, due to the particularity of the disease, Ms. Li should still be vigilant about the possibility of recurrence and need regular follow-up monitoring.
With the assistance of the surgical robot system, the "three-in-one" operation took 9 hours to complete smoothly
Doctors remind: Under normal work and rest, such as frequent low blood sugar symptoms such as drowsiness in the morning and special difficulty in getting up, the physical examination should pay attention to the investigation of neuroendocrine tumors.
At the same time, because nearly 70% of neuroendocrine tumors are non-functional and have no symptoms, imaging tests such as B ultrasound and CT can generally be found; even if they are functional, the symptoms that appear are not easy to be taken seriously. Therefore, we must conduct regular physical examinations, carry out B ultrasound examinations, and find tumors as soon as possible.
Source: News Night Cruise