The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is conducting a study looking at long term outcomes in children (and adults) with HI who required surgery. Study participation is brief and can be done over the phone: just an interview with the CHOP fellow, Katherine Lord, about current blood sugar levels and 1-2 developmental screens which can be … Read more
Isabel Calderon, Vice President of Congenital Hyperinsulinism International, reports on this very important new discovery: Science magazine recently published the findings of a group of experts which contributes to the understanding of another rare form of hypoglycemia. The main authors, K. Hussain, B. Challis and N. Rocha have identified a genetic mutation in the serine/threonine … Read more
The National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD) has created a collection of video clips about rare diseases. Last month they visited our family and filmed us as part of this collection. I am so pleased that Congenital Hyperinsulinism International is represented in this video collection and that NORD is promoting the importance of family support … Read more
An HI diagnosis is often a crisis for the family of a newly diagnosed child. The family must adapt to the responsibilities of caring for a child with very specific needs. To help new families cope with it all, CHI is embarking on a new program linking families of the newly diagnosed with experienced HI … Read more
For years congenital hyperinsulinism researchers have been studying the properties of green tea to potentially cure hypoglycemia due to hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome. People suffering from this type of hyperinsulinism must load up on carbs before ingesting protein because of increased responsiveness to leucine. Many of these patients also take a medication, diazoxide, to control blood sugar … Read more