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Daily Care

This year, as soon as the warm weather hit, I found it necessary to cut back on my son’s insulin, even though his activity level has not increased. Does the body use insulin differently when the outside temperature increases?

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My 16 year old daughter has had A1c’s in the 11-14% range for almost two years, and her daily blood sugars reflect this. She takes quite a lot of daily insulin, and we’ve steadily increased the insulin, but it seems to have no effect. Would it help at all to switch the Lente to NPH?

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My daughter was just diagnosed a week ago, and, although I’m sure the hospital gave us all the important information we needed, we are just totally overwhelmed and clueless! I don’t know what she can and shouldn’t have, and her blood sugars continue to stay high. I have to call in every evening to get her doses, and tonight they told me I only have to call every three nights, even though I’ve told them I am very unsure!

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I am a 28 year old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes for about a month, and I just want to know how to live long with diabetes.

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My two and a half year old son was recently diagnosed with type 1, and I noticed that when we go to places like festivals or theme parks his blood sugar will drop severely. I thought that from excitement, his levels would go up.

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A family member, who is in her early 50s and has had type 1 for many years, says that she feels better when her sugar levels are high. She gains too much weight and feels terrible when the sugar levels are normal. I also have type 1 and told her to take her insulin and let her body adjust to normal levels.

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Our six year old daughter has had type 1 diabetes since she was 18 months old, and we are still having problems controlling her blood sugars, years later. Her levels are like a rollercoaster, up and down constantly.

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I am a 40 year male who was diagnosed two weeks ago and is being treated with metformin. With my Hb1Ac at 10.3%, should I be doing anything other than diet and exercise?

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I have tried many different types of insulins, but I seem to either wake up really high or have severe lows. Is there any insulin therapy that I could work around my schedule?

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Through reading, I’ve discovered that 1 gram of carb raises blood glucose 5 mg/dl [0.3 mmol/L], is that true? Is there a chart indicating the exact amount of insulin to give a child, depending on weight and amount of carbs eaten?

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