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Complications

Based on my recent urine tests, the laboratory says I have microalbuminuria. Should I do something now to protect my kidneys or wait? I’ve only had diabetes for 16 months, but my grandmother’s brother had kidney problems only two years after his diagnosis with type 1.

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Can hyperglycemia cause peripheral neuropathy whereas occasional HYPOglycemia causes autonomic neuropathy?

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Based my the results of my recent urine test, should I switch from metformin to gliclizide with and ARB? Should I find a specialist? Are my kidneys already damaged? Is the damage reversible?

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I am 27 year old male who has had diabetes for almost four years. I was recently diagnosed with nephropathy, and I went on an ACE inhibitor. Now, I have heart problems and hypertension. Can there be rapid onset of diabetes complications?

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Last year, my 49 year old sister passed away from what the doctors said were long-term effects of diabetes, which she had this since day one of her life. She had “brittle diabetes”, and to my knowledge, she was never “under control”.

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My son was diagnosed 8 years ago with Type 1 diabetes. He has motility problems with his bowel after a gastric emptying test. His doctor said that nothing can be done. Should we go to another doctor?

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Can diabetes effect a child’s height?

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I’m a 30-year-old male type 2 diagnosed a year ago. My last A1c is 5.5 checked about 2 months ago. Now I feel constant numbness and pain in the thigh area of both legs. Since I check my sugar level every day and it’s quite normal, is there anything else I can do to improve the sensation on my legs?

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In the past six months my father has rapidly gained weight, falls asleep while eating, or at church, etc., and is now complaining of not being able to walk due to the pain in his hips, and is even having a hard time breathing. What other measures can I explore before I get my father to change doctors?

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My 12 year old daughter has type 1 diabetes, and I am trying to find out whether growth development problems can occur with poorly controlled diabetes. If so, how poor would control have to be to cause problems?

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