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My 15 year old son was diagnosed Type 1 three months ago. He complains of tingling in his extremities, also leg cramps. Could there be a connection? We have had good control.

April 4, 2000
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My son is four and a half years old and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes several months ago. We are experiencing battles over food at almost every meal. It’s hard for me to tell if he really isn’t hungry or if this is a control battle.

April 4, 2000
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Our 4-year old daughter has been a Type 1 diabetic since 13 months of age. Recently we have noticed a hearing loss in her in conjunction with a very “loud” voice. Could the diabetes have anything to do with the hearing loss?

April 4, 2000
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My 2 year old son, diagnosed Type 1 four months ago, has been ill with his first virus since diagnosis. His doctor is saying that along with the usual sick day care, he must be given extra insulin to bring down sugars.

April 4, 2000
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My niece is 13 years old and she has type 2 diabetes. They told her only 7% of her gallbladder is working and should come out. Now they has been doing test after test and they say she has gastroparesis.

April 2, 2000
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Our 3 1/2 year old daughter loves fruit roll-ups. We asked our diabetes team how a one carb serving of it versus a one carb serving of crackers would affect her next blood sugar reading. Our RD and RN, CDE gave us two conflicting answers.

April 2, 2000
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My 16 year old son has had diabetes since he was 13. He wants to get a tattoo. I don’t know if people with diabetes type 1 should get a tattoo. Can a tattoo give him any skin problems or something?

April 2, 2000
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My 3 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with diabetes. Her HbA1c was 17.2. Her hospital admission blood sugar was 900, but she was negative for ketones. How is this possible?

March 31, 2000
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I was wondering if insulin is coloured.

March 31, 2000
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My 13 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1 several months ago. His antibody test came back positive. If he had another antibody test done, will it be positive again? No ketones were found.

March 31, 2000
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