julieph85 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Interesting. Causes hypovolemia. A lot of us have sharp pain over the heart. I read in an article a few years back that some docs think that the pain is caused by abnormal pressures in some heart chambers. Maybe ANP is being released and worsening the hypovolemia? Just a thought...http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrial_natriuretic_peptide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Julie, I think there could be something to it. It causes vasodilation, which could explain the flashes I get. This is a post I did last October when reading about hypoglycemia and it related ANF:http://forums.dinet.org/index.php?/topic/18137-hypoglycemia-incr-anf-decr-vasopressin/page__hl__%22atrial+natriuretic+factor%22__fromsearch__1I mean, we have known for a while that alot of us just don't have normal blood glucose. Not diabetic, but a different, odd pattern of lows, normals, and occasionally highs.I know we don't have answers, but I sure love fitting another puzzle piece into place! I mean, with your doctor also thinking blood sugar might be a factor, maybe this is the path for some of us. I will be bringing my linked article back to my Mayo appt. with the cardiologist AND the endocrinologist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieph85 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Sue, C peptide effects your body's sensitivity to insulin. Have you ever had yours checked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 That is the one thing they have not tested. It was supposed to be part of the work-up when I had my 72-hour fast, but I didn't drop to their level of testing, so it wasn't done. I'm sure they will test it when I do my mixed meal test in April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoegal Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 what is anp? i'm confused, but get pain there and low sugar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemons2lemonade Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 haha raised sodium concentration sets it off...nice. I am also interested in this NDP.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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