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Complications

Are there any tests other than the 24 hour protein test which checks for kidney problems?

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My friend has had diabetes Type 1 for 25 years, since she was 4. The other day I overheard someone say that juvenile diabetes patients do not usually live past thirty. Is this true? What is the average life expectancy of a person with Type 1 diabetes?

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I am looking for anyone who has or has had thickening tendons.

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I am a type 1 diabetic of 37 years, diagnosed at age 6. What is the longest period of time someone has ever survived with Type 1 diabetes?

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My 13 year old sister developed type 1 diabetes at age 10. What are the consequences that developing diabetes has caused on her organs becoming fully developed?

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My 67 year old grandmother, who has type 2 diabetes, has constant pain and was told that it was a symptom of her diabetes and associated with internal organ infections. Is this true?

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Recently, I read something about diabetic autonomic neuropathy being detectable and treatable (reversible). The article I read says that it is very rarely tested for. At what age do you people with diabetes typically show signs of diabetic autonomic neuropathy? Is it realistic for me to ask to have my five year old be tested?

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I have diabetes and coronary artery disease. I am experiencing loss of sensation in my hands on occasion and forearms. The other symptom that I see is that my feet stay really cold if I take my socks off. Is there anything that I can do to help slow the progression and or reverse it?

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My 40 year old sister, who had type 1 diabetes since the age of one, died a few days ago. I would like to know if there is reason to suspect that she died prematurely.

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My father found a good doctor who did blood flow studies and corrected a blockage on one leg, but on the other, he got gangrene on one toe which was removed. Now that they removed one toe and his infection is gone, that foot is still turning black so they want to cut his leg up below his knee. Is there anything that could be done so he won’t lose both legs?

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