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My five year son was diagnosed about seven months ago, and so far, we’ve been on one morning shot of Lente, but he is still having a lot of lows which has become frightening. Do you think we would be safer on two smaller doses of intermediate acting insulin as opposed to the one large dose in the morning?

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For the past five days, my body has not been responding to insulin. My numbers have been in the 175-200 mg/dl [9.7 -11.1 mmol/L] range, even fasting. I have taken my normal doses of insulin, and I’m not sick or stressed out.

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Some nights my 11 year old son will wake up in the middle of the night feeling low, while other times he will not which results in the rebound high. How should we treat a rebound hyperglycemia in the morning? Is there any reason why he doesn’t always awake when he goes low overnight?

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I’m really scared. My husband is 23 tears old and was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but he’s very thin and may actually have type 1. His glucose levels rose to over 500 mg/dl [27.8 mmol/L] last night, even after taking 8 units of insulin twice a day and a diabetes pill.

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My husband has had type 2 diabetes for the six years, and is on a strong regimen of medication, but he still feels horrible and his average sugar this week was 297 mg/dl [16.5 mmol/L]. Can you please help?

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My one year old niece was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and she also has Down’s Syndrome. Is there anything different we should be looking for in monitoring and controlling her diabetes? Is there a quicker progression of the disease?

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My blood sugar control is generally very good (usually around 7 mmol/L [126 mg/dl] average), but I do infrequently experience inexplicably high and inexplicably low blood sugars. I am quite concerned about this since the extremely low blood sugars are generally early morning. Can you explain why these events may be happening? How can I prevent them?

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I am having lows around 5:00-6:00 am. What I can I do to solve my problem?

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I am 28 years old, and have been on an insulin pump for about 15 years.For the past year, I have had sky-high sugars for a day or more, and then I will drop way low and not be able to recognize it at all. Additionally, my A1c’s have not been good at all. Are there any suggestions on what I can do to get back on track?

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I have impaired glucose tolerance, and I indulged in a small ice cream dessert after a meal. I don’t understand my blood glucose results afterward. What are numbers like these trying to tell me?

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