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Complications

Our two-year old grandson was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and has suffered a stroke severely affecting the right side of his body. Is there a “best” therapeutic device to improve the use of his arm and hand?

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We have been told that our 12 year old son, diagnosed about 15 months ago, is spilling large amounts of protein in his urine. His endocrinologist has told us that this could be the beginning stages of renal disease and is re-testing through another 24 hour urine study. What does this mean for my son? What can we do to prevent this from going any further?

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My mother-in-law has been told that even though her father is a good match for a kidney transplant, due to her condition, any kidney transplanted would be killed by the diabetes. We understand that she would need a pancreas transplant as well as a kidney transplant. Can you please give us any medical advice to help her condition and improve her long term prospects?

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I have had retinopathy for approximately eight years, which I have it checked every year and so far have not had to have laser treatments. Does exercise and strenuous pushing and pulling affect the retinopathy?

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My 12 year old daughter, who has had diabetes for almost seven years, recently had an abnormal random urine microalbumin so she then did a 24 hour collection, and her excretion rate was 138 micrograms per minute. I have several questions.

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About two months ago, my daughter began having pain and numbness in her fingers and toes, and now she complains of her lips being numb saying that the sensation is spreading — first to her nose and then to her cheeks. Is numbness of the lips, nose and cheeks a symptom of diabetic neuropathy?

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My mother has type 2 diabetes and is quite concerned with liver problems related to her condition. Can you shed some light on this?

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What are the side effects of having diabetes?

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I am a 23 year old male who does not have diabetes and recently was found to have a very high serum triglyceride level. What could be the cause of this?

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I have had type 2 diabetes for less than a year, and I am now on a controlled diet plan, watching sugar levels etc. I developed chronic diarrhoea about a year ago and could not get rid of it. Could this be attributed to diabetes in any way? Can you tell me what else I might expect from this disease in other parts of my body that might act up?

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