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I was wondering if there’s a high frequency of hypoglycemia with children from age 10 to 15?

December 11, 1999
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My 7 year old son has had diabetes for 2 years. He has had 2 episodes of tachycardia (heart rate today was 230) which self resolved. His blood sugar was 45. The ER doctor and his pediatrician think it may be due to low blood sugar, or rapidly falling sugar. Is this common?

December 11, 1999
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My 14 year old daughter has had diabetes for 7 years. Her dose was 80 units before. Last month, her doctor advised me she is in a vicious cycle. I decreased the dose to 60 units. For three days, her blood glucose remained in control, but now it goes high in the evening and morning.

December 11, 1999
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I have a 7 year old son who has had type 1 diabetes since he was 2 and 1/2 years old. He gets 4 units of Humalog and 12 and 1/2 units of N in the morning. When does the N insulin start to work? When is the best time to check him to determine when the N is peaking for him?

December 11, 1999
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My 15 year old daughter has possible granuloma annulare. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis 2 years ago. What is the chance that the granuloma is now related to diabetes?

December 11, 1999
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My 9 1/2 year old daughter has had Type 1 diabetes for almost four years. Her A1c tests results have always been within the non-diabetic range. Recently, she had her first seizure. Within minutes after the seizure, however, her blood glucose was 78, and then 85 1/2 hour later.

December 8, 1999
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My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes several weeks ago. He turned 7 two weeks later. We have a wonderful pediatrician but he has perhaps only 2 other children in his medical group, not his patients, with diabetes. Would my son “be better off” with a pediatric endocrinologist?

December 8, 1999
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How safe is it for my 19 year old daughter (diabetic for 9 months) to bathe and use the new fad of scented bath and body products sold in stores now? Can it cause her skin extra irritation or dryness because of her Type 1 diabetes?

December 8, 1999
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I read on the Internet about testing at the Barbara Davis Center which measured ketones generated on the breath of diabetics. How can I find out more about this study?

December 8, 1999
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Sometimes I hear my 10 year old son, who was diagnosed 8 months ago, talking (arguing) in his sleep and he is very restless. He kicks the wall and thrashes around. A quick check usually shows a low blood sugar reading. Is there a connection between the two?

December 8, 1999
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