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My daughter, age 12, was diagnosed two months ago. She is currently taking NPH and Humalog twice daily. We seem to have problems keeping her within range. Would a regimen of other types of insulin with more frequent injections allow us to keep tighter control?

February 21, 2000
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I am 26 years old and have had diabetes for 18 years. My husband and I would like to have a baby and am working on excellent control. I am looking for any current books with information on diabetes and pregnancy. Most I have seen are over $100.

February 21, 2000
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My daughter was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I am really concerned about my daughter. The doctor just told us she was a diabetic and that she would need to take Regular and NPH insulin shots. If insulin is supposed to be helping my daughter, why is it that she feels worse?

February 21, 2000
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On a recent news program about diabetes, a doctor said something about a new insulin coming out that would stay in your system all day and maybe even for 2 days. Do you know anything more?

February 21, 2000
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My 15 year old foster daughter has had diabetes for 4 years. The last couple of days we can’t get her sugar level up. She had a seizure several days ago. But she had not had any insulin since two days earlier.

February 21, 2000
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I got results to an “insulin” blood test and the level was 267 and the highest normal should have been, I think, 45. What does this mean?

February 21, 2000
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My daughter has swelling, pain, and redness to the bottom of her toes and pads behind her toes on both feet. The pediatrician thinks it is diabetes related as in diabetic neuropathy. The podiatrist and allergist both think it is contact dermatitis. She is 12 diagnosed at age 2. Can a test confirm or rule out diabetic neuropathy completely?

February 21, 2000
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My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed type 1 six weeks ago. We have not been checking her blood sugar levels at night at first as we were told this was not necessary. It seems probable that she has been too low at night for the past few weeks! How would this have affected her?

February 18, 2000
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I know how insulin was discovered, but why is insulin called insulin (how did it get its name)?

February 18, 2000
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My 10 year old son has been a type 1 diabetic for almost 2 years. Recently, he went into seizures from low blood sugars. Now I get up at 3:00 A.M. every morning to check his blood glucose. Is it possible that he could have suffered mild seizures from low blood glucose in his sleep before, and we never knew it?

February 18, 2000
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