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Complications

My 13 year old daughter has had type 1 for five and a half years. Are her kidneys starting to be affected by her diabetes, and is she more at risk for kidney disease later?

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My mother-in-law has diabetes, is nauseated, and sometimes she vomits. Her doctor says that diabetes causes this. What we can do about this?

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My 84 year old father has always worn support socks, but he is beginning to experience more difficulty with his feet discoloring. Do his socks promote circulation or would less fitted socks be better to promote circulation to his feet?

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My mother-in-law, who has diabetes and takes insulin has bowel cancer that has now spread to her stomach.After leaving the hospital, she developed gangrene in a leg, and ten days ago the leg was amputated below the knee. The wound is now septic, and she has been told she must have the rest of the leg off immediately. What happens when the new site is infected when surely it will be?

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My doctor gave me a prescription for Lotensin. Last week my blood pressure was 132/80, and today it was 144/84. When I questioned him about prescribing the Lotensin, he said that it was a preventive measure to save my kidneys. From the blood and/or urine test that I took last week, he said that my kidneys were functioning fine. Have you heard of this kind of preventive therapy?

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My 69 year old brother-in-law has type 2 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis and has recently been diagnosed with osteomyelitis in his foot. He is on intravenous antibiotics and is currently trying hyperbaric chamber therapy to heal the infection in his foot. Unfortunately, his creatinine level keeps creeping up. What can he do to reduce that level and improve his kidney function?

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My 14 year old son, who has diabetes, complained of burning feet. The balls of his feet appear raised and red. The pediatrician called it “burning feet syndrome”, said that it is caused by some sort of bacteria that grow in sneakers. Can you give me any further information? Could this have been caused by my son’s continual problems controlling his blood sugar?

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My 17 year old daughter, who has had type 1 diabetes for about eight years, recently woke up in the middle of the night crying because of too much pain in her right leg. We have been to the doctor but after all tests, he advised to control her blood sugar, which she has done, but still is having the same problem! What should we to stop this?

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I am 22 years old and have had diabetes for 16 years.I just took a 24 hour urine test and received a result of 4.2 mcg/min. I have read that one becomes a suspect for microalbuminuria at 7 mcg/min.

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My nine year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 19 months. He is growing slowly and his bone age at this time is five years. Is this due to his diabetes? Is it possible that he may need a growth hormone? How will this affect his blood sugars?

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