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A SEVEN-month-old boy with a little-known insulin condition has been described as an "inspiration" by his family.
Parents Kirsty Loche and Craig Smith, of Mansel Street in Grimsby, were shocked when Oakley Smith, now seven months old, was diagnosed with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) at birth.
CHI is characterised by inappropriate and unregulated insulin secretion in the body. Insulin is a hormone which, along with other hormones, controls the level of glucose – or sugar – in the blood and converts it into a form that can be used by the body.
If too much glucose is converted, it is stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen.
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/little-Oakley-real-hero/story-23289576-detail/story.html
Parents Kirsty Loche and Craig Smith, of Mansel Street in Grimsby, were shocked when Oakley Smith, now seven months old, was diagnosed with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) at birth.
CHI is characterised by inappropriate and unregulated insulin secretion in the body. Insulin is a hormone which, along with other hormones, controls the level of glucose – or sugar – in the blood and converts it into a form that can be used by the body.
If too much glucose is converted, it is stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen.
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/little-Oakley-real-hero/story-23289576-detail/story.html