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My 13 year old son was diagnosed five years ago, and his specialist tells me that his body could be rejecting the insulin. Could you please tell me why?

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I have diabetes, and I am currently taking no medications. I have good control, but recently the my blood sugars have been higher. If I have to use something to counter a continuing rise in blood sugars, I would prefer to inject insulin since the drugs that I have taken made me feel terrible. Is this reasonable?

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Is it possible for an 18 year old, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 10 and taking injections since diagnosis, to reduce his injection intake and reduce need for insulin to oral medications instead of injections?

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Since an unfortunate brain hemorrage at the age of 36, I have retired now and am able to keep a more regular lifestyle, so I am on two jabs of premixed insulin per day, instead of my previous pre-meal Actrapid (Regular) with Insulatard (NPH) at bedtime. My A1c is okay, but I don’t seem to be getting the right results out, as my blood sugars vary widely.

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I was told by my ex-husband that our three year old son has “borderline diabetes”, which he says can be controlled by diet. However, Diabetes Australia says there is no such thing as borderline diabetes; You either have it or you don’t. If all I need to do is control this by diet, what can and can’t he eat?

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My eight year old daughter has type 1 diabetes. Lately, she has been coming home from school really tired. All she want’s to do is lay around or just sleep. Sometimes, she does not even eat dinner because cause she is so tired. What could cause her to be so tired all the time?

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Is there any syndrome or explanation that would encompass high blood sugar despite appropriate insulin, failure to thrive, pallor and irritability?

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At a recent doctor’s visit, my boyfriend had an A1c of 10.6%, and his blood sugar was over 400 mg/dl [22 mmol/L]. His doctors have told him that he may not live past the age of 25. Is this true? Is there anything that I can do to help him?

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My GTT results were to be sent to my primary care physician, and he prescribed Glucophage which he wanted me to start taking before I saw an endocrinologist and had the chance to discuss any treatment plan. Is starting this medication the right thing to do? My goal is to manage the diabetes through diet and exercise alone.

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My specialist advised that I should always give myself the minimum dose of Humalog per meal, but when I told him I become seriously hypo about an hour after I choose to eat very light meals such as salads he just said to “eat more food”. Why should I “eat more food” than everybody else? I adjust my insulin up if a meal requires it, why not down?

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