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Nesidioblastosis is a controversial medical term for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia attributed to excessive function of pancreatic beta cells with an abnormal microscopic appearance. The term was coined in the first half of the 20th century. The abnormal histologic aspects of the tissue included the presence of islet cell enlargement, islet cell dysplasia, beta cells budding from ductal epithelium, and islets in apposition to ducts.

By the 1970s, nesidioblastosis was primarily used to describe the pancreatic dysfunction associated with persistent congenital hyperinsulinism and in most cases from the 1970s until the 1970s, it was used as a synonym for what is now referred to as congenital hyperinsulinism. Most congenital hyperinsulinism is caused by different mechanisms than excessive proliferation of beta cells in a fetal pattern and the term fell into disfavor after it was recognized in the late 1980s that the characteristic tissue features were sometimes seen in pancreatic tissue from normal infants and even adults, and is not consistently associated with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.

Beriberi is a nervous system ailment caused by thiamine (vitamin B₁) deficiency; its symptoms include weight loss, emotional disturbances, impaired sensory perception (Wernicke's encephalopathy), weakness and pain in the limbs, and periods of irregular heart rate. Edema (swelling of bodily tissues) is common. In advanced cases, the disease may cause heart failure and death. The origin of the word is from a Sinhalese phrase meaning "I cannot, I cannot".

[edit] Causes

Beriberi is caused by a lack of thiamine. It is common in people whose diet consists mainly of polished white rice (which contains little or no thiamine because the husk, which contains most of the thiamine, has been removed) and in chronic alcoholics with an inadequate diet; it is also a known (though rare) potential side effect of gastric bypass surgery. If a baby consumes the milk of a mother who suffers from thiamine deficiency, the child may develop beriberi.

The disease has been seen traditionally in people in Asian countries (especially in the 19th century and before), due to those countries' reliance on white rice as a staple food.

[edit] Symptoms and effects

There are two forms of the disease: wet beriberi and dry beriberi.

Wet beriberi affects the heart; it is sometimes fatal, as it causes a combination of heart failure and weakening of the capillary walls, which causes the peripheral tissues to become waterlogged. Dry beriberi causes wasting and partial paralysis resulting from damaged peripheral nerves. It is also referred to as endemic neuritis.

[edit] Treatment

Treatment is with thiamine hydrochloride, either in tablet form or injection. A rapid and dramatic recovery within hours can be made when this is administered to patients with beriberi, and their health can be transformed within an hour of administration of the treatment. Thiamine occurs naturally in unrefined cereals and fresh foods, particularly fresh meat, legumes, green vegetables, fruit, and milk.

Read for yourself, research as much as you can. Ask your doctors, ask more doctors, remember, it's not because of non compliance or from not follwoing orders..lots of us are having problems because of malabsorption and because our digestive tracts were rearranged.

I'm happy to be thinner of course, but I wish I wasn't having to deal with this..it isn't fun for anyone dealing with this..it's scary...but by not talking about it doesnt mean it doesnt exist.

I'm not going to bore you all, and whine (not my style)..hell I don't even complain. But I wont allow people to treat me like a leper because I have issues.

none of us are immune. so for every person who thinks it cant happen to them..I sure hope thats true..but remember..we've all had this surgery which makes us all susceptible to these problems..just keep track and if you notice anything out of the ordinary..please get it checked out immediately!