Insulin mast
Insulin mast describes a medical phenomenon known since the beginning of the 20th century. Insulin is an anabolic hormone . If the body regularly has too much insulin available ( hyperinsulinism ), it builds body mass and especially fat tissue.
Insulin mast was initially used as a therapeutic measure for cachexia . The administration of insulin to healthy people and thus the artificial creation of hyperinsulinism is known in competitive sports and is prohibited as a doping measure .
causes
Hyperinsulinism is responsible for insulin production, the classic causes of which are the insulinoma and excessive insulin treatment for diabetes mellitus . In insulinoma, the body produces too much of the hormone, which basically leads to hypoglycemia . However, some patients have got used to alleviating these conditions by frequent, mostly high-carbohydrate meals and thereby become fat . In diabetes mellitus, excessive administration of insulin can also lead to hyperinsulinism and the same phenomenon can occur.
therapy
The causal hyperinsulinism must be combated therapeutically (→ main article of the underlying diseases such as insulinoma and diabetes mellitus ) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ C. Moewes: About insulin mast . In: Klinische Wochenschrift , Volume, Issue 38, September 1927, pp. 1804-1805.
- ^ M. Engelhardt: Sports injuries - official GOTS manual: diagnosis, management and accompanying measures. Urban & Fischer-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-437-24091-1 , p. 41, (online)
- ^ H. Mehnert: Diabetology in clinic and practice. Thieme Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-13-512805-9 , p. 717, (online)
- ^ WG Guder: The laboratory book for clinic and practice. Urban & Fischer-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-437-23340-8 , p. 223, (online)