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Complications

I have read a little about the use of C-peptide to decrease the complications of diabetes. Do you have any information on this topic?

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My 10 month old daughter was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I understand that it takes a few weeks to regulate the insulin amount with someone so young, but her numbers are still relatively high (400-550 mg/dl [22.2-30.1 mmol/L]). I am very concerned about her growth being stunted.

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My mother is 58 years old and has had type 1 diabetes since she was 13. Her left wrist was hurting her months ago, and now it is frozen. No one can give her a diagnosis. Any suggestions?

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My 17 year old nephew who has had juvenile diabetes (brittle diabetic) since 2 years old. He has had trouble with his stomach shutting down. They called it some kind of “paresis”. Could you please explain this condition, common treatments and usual outcomes?

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My 12 year old daughter recently had her yearly eye exam and got a new eyeglass prescription and for the first time, contact lenses. She has been saying she sees a dot that comes and goes in her vision. Is this a symptom of something? For what should I have her checked?

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My brother is hospitalized with a severe leg infection at his left ankle. He is 42 and has had Type 1 diabetes since he was 19. He is being told this seems to be a strep infection, but after a week of intravenous treatments, his ankle continues to be swollen and red. How typical is such an infection for diabetics, what is the course of this, prognosis, and treatment(s)?

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What will happen to a child with diabetes that has poor compliance to medical regimens?

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My 16 1/2 year old daughter has had diabetes for almost 14 years. She has always had pretty good control. About two years ago, she developed some Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum (NLD). Now, she is spilling protein in her urine. Has any correlation been made to NLD and other diabetes complications?

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I am looking for information on low amylase. My son is 13 years old and has Type 1 diabetes and asthma. Over the last nine months, his amylase is dropping and his amylase is elevated. He has had an increase of stomach pain over the last six months. Could it be gastroparesis or celiac disease?

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I had my first dialysis two months ago and second blood dialysis soon after, and I was unconscious for a while.

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