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Complications

My son has had type 1 diabetes for 10 years. He also had minimal lesion nephrotic syndrome. He is starting to leak more protein than he normally would. His doctor thinks he is in the beginning stage of diabetic nephropathy. He started him on an ACE inhibitor. Could Amylin help?

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My four year old son, diagnosed at 14 months, has been receiving his injections in the back of his arms and upper thighs. Lately, on some occasions, the insulin will not go in and runs down or is very difficult to push through. Can the injection area cause this?

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I am a 27 year old male who has had diabetes for three and a half years. Recently, I did my yearly 24 hour protein test and it came back high. Why do I have kidney disease from diabetes at three and half years? Will these early problems lead to end stage renal disease much sooner than normal?

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When someone with type 2 diabetes loses one kidney how will that affect the remaining kidney?

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We have the conviction that he’s not doing well because of constantly abnormal soft stool, not well developed tooth-enamel, and small stature. He has been tested for sprue. Is there a relationship between type 1 and malabsorption or something like inadequate production of digestive enzymes? Could there be a relation between a correct digestive process and his actual blood sugars?

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I am seeing double in my left eye. I had Bell’s palsy on the same side of my face. Is this a form of stroke which has damaged the optic nerve or could it be that the palsy has affected the sixth as well as the seventh cranial nerve?

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My eight year old daughter, who has had type 1 diabetes for three months, has been complaining that her eyes have been hurting, itching, watery, sometimes red, and not seeing clearing when reading since being diagnosed. Could the diabetes be causing the eye problems at her age?

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I went through a terrible period in my adolescence and early adulthood taking care of my diabetes. I feel I was depressed, felt I would die young no matter what, and I feel as if I gave up. Recently though, I have an overwhelming desire to live, I am desperate to live well, and I want to grow old with my wife to be. I have several questions.

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I would like to obtain something in writing confirming whether or not there major health problems when a child is older if not carefully monitored. Where would I find information about the long term health effects if the proper diet is not maintained and sugar levels are not monitored properly when a child has type 1 diabetes?

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My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 10 months of age, and I have only learned of one other child being diagnosed so young. How rare is such an early diagnosis? Will the fact that he developed diabetes at such a young age have a greater impact his long term health?

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