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The partnership between her doctors at The Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at CHOP and her local medical team in California is keeping Alina healthy and allowing her to be a typical toddler. However, her beginning was anything but typical.
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A unique clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia follows post-pancreatectomy patients.
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A 1-month-old male infant presented to the pediatrician’s office because of poor feeding and increased sleepiness.
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Adam’s hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia wasn’t well controlled until he came from Chicago to CHOP. Now he’s participating in research to help find a better treatment for HA.
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Children with protein-sensitive hyperinsulinism (HI) will have low blood sugars (hypoglycemia) when they eat protein-rich foods, ensuring they’re getting enough carbs to offset the protein falls to parents and caregivers.
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The Congenial Hyperinsulinism Center Hyperinsulinism is poised to help even more children and families after it was selected as a CHOP Frontier Program.
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Seizures result from abnormal electrical activity of neurons. There are many types of seizures that generally relate to the locations in the brain in which they occur.
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The HI/HA research team at CHOP continues to pioneer exciting and impactful research to advance understanding of this disorder.
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Alfredo Case was born in Oahu, Hawaii, and showed signs of congenital hyperinsulinism. His family traveled to the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at CHOP for care.
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Children with hyperinsulinism are at risk for feeding disorders. But how are parents to distinguish typical hurdles with eating from a true disorder?