new info for post ops with excessively low blood sugar

On rare occasions members show up with this problem, perhaps this will be of help.<P> http://my.webmd.com/content/article/109/109105.htm<P> July 20, 2005 -- Weight loss surgery is an increasingly popular way to treat obesity, but researchers suggest that the procedure may also lead to an unusual complication. Researchers in this week's New England Journal of Medicine describe six cases in which people were diagnosed with noncancerous tumors in their pancreas following gastric bypass surgery. These tumors caused the pancreas to produce too much insulin, the hormone that processes blood sugar, resulting in symptoms of low blood sugar -- especially following meals. In each case, the symptoms and low blood sugar problems resolved after surgical removal of the affected part of the pancreas.

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