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Complications

I am 32 years old and have had type 1 diabetes for 17 years, and I am having problems with my gallbladder and intestines. I’ve visited doctors, done investigations of intestine and gall-bladder, but they found nothing that could cause such problems. Can it be because of autonomic neuropathy? What else can I do for my health?

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My 48 year old friend has diabetes and, recently, his eyesight has been failing, and now he has no vision in one eye and the other eye is about 10/20. Is there is such thing as an eye transplant? How do you sign up? How long are the waiting lists?

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For the past six months, my 11 year old son, who has had type 1 diabetes for three years and currently uses an insulin pump, has been experiencing electrical shock sensations in his shoulders, arms and fingers. What could this be? Is related to his diabetes? Do we need to have this evaluated?

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I have had type 2 diabetes, and my microalbumin was elevated recently. What could cause such a jump? Could eating extra protein be the cause?

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I have diabetes, and I had a blood creatinine of 0.9 mg/dl and urine creatinine of 16.9 mg/dl along with a urine microalbumin of 0.7 mg/dl. I have searched all over the Internet for what low urine creatinine means, and I can’t find anything that explains what the danger is. Can you help?

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I am a 48 year old woman who has have had type 1 diabetes for 44 years, and while I know that male impotence may be a problem, I have never seen anything mentioned about female sexual dysfunction or had it mentioned by any medical person. Do you have any information on how female sexuality may be adversely affected by type 1 diabetes?

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A month and a half ago, my 22 year old brother, who has had diabetes since he was 11 years old, had a seizure while sleeping. His blood sugar level was 3.6 mmol/L [65 mg/dl] when the paramedics checked. Last week, he had another seizure, again while he was sleeping, and his blood sugar level was again 3.6 mmol/L [65 mg/dl]. What is causing these seizures now?

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Over the past year, controlling his sugar levels has been a challenge, to say the least. He frequently screams with charley horse-like pain in his lower limbs. The physician told me that cramping can be a symptom of dehydration. How long after a high blood sugar would your body show symptoms such as cramping? Is there a way for me to determine whether or not this is related to his sugars?

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My 70 year old father has had diabetes for almost 20 years. Though quite thin, he is very active and in good general health. The only persistent problem is a discoloration around his right ankle, where it looks like permanent bruising. What could bring this on?

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My father has developed severe pain in the upper left area of his stomach. He was diagnosed nine months ago with diabetes. Is the abdominal pain related and if so, is there any treatment?

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