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Blood Tests and Insulin Injections

My nine year old son just began pumping, and his educator told us to use his fingertips rather than his forearm to get more accurate blood sugar readings. We checked the difference, and his forearm was 100 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L] when his fingertip was 133 mg/dl [7.4 mmol/L]. Which reading is the accurate one?

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I have different glucose monitor than my brother-in-law and have been using both. However, my monitor always reads higher than my brother-in-law’s. How do I know which is correct?

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I would like to know why the GlucoWatch cannot be used for children younger than seven as this age group does not seem to be able to recognize the signs of hypo/hyper glycaemic episodes Is progress being made to make the GlucoWatch suitable for children under age seven?

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Is a result of 0.9 for a C-peptide test good or bad? Is it low insulin production or normal?

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I still have very large swollen areas on my legs, even though I have had so shots there since age 12. All of my doctors say that nothing can be done about the swollen areas or the fact that I now also have swollen areas on my arms and buttocks. I believe that I am allergic to the human insulin also. What do you suggest?

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As a pediatric nurse, I am looking for a reliable glucometer that will register blood glucoses up to 1200 mg/dl [66.6 mmol/L]. Does one exist?

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If my son eats an extra mid-morning snack and is 285 mg/dl [15.8 mmol/L] at lunch, should he take a correction dose about an hour before lunch and wait to eat? Or, take the correction shot a lunch and eat immediately?

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Since we had problems with it, we stopped using the GlucoWatch on our son. What can you tell us about Pendragon Medical’s non-invasive device?

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My son was diagnosed with type 1 recently, but he no longer needs insulin to maintain target blood sugars. What is going on?

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Why would a postprandial blood sugar, 70 mg/dl [3.9 mmol/L], be lower than a fasting blood sugar, 87 mg/dl [4.8 mmol/L]?

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