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My 12 year old son, who weighs 23 kilograms (50.6 pounds) has had diabetes for seven years, is at present taking 5 units of Monotard with 5 units of Actrapid in the morning and 3 units of Monotard with 3 units of Actrapid at night, but we are not feeling good with this dose. Please give us some guidance for food, medicine, and a plan for a smooth life.

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I am a 40 year old female, diagnosed with insulin resistance one year ago. I am on Glucophage once a day, and my morning blood usually run high, and my bedtime value is usually okay. Can you give me any insight to my situation?

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Despite numerous different changes in my 12 year old daughter’s regimen, her A1c remains elevated. Her last one was 7.3%. She also has hypothyroidism treated with levothyroxine, but has not grown very much over the last 18 months. I’m wondering if she could have something else going on, also.

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My 10 year old son always has needed insulin adjustments during the month depending on what his blood glucose is doing, but lately the adjustments are happening every one to three days. The endocrinologist has not given us any answers as to why things are different, and more difficult, now.

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In our family, there is a 14 year old who has had type 1 diabetes for the last three years and is on Actrapid at breakfast and lunch with Mixtard before dinner. However, being a child, it sometimes becomes difficult to restrain him from eating fast foods like pizza, burgers, etc. He is taking the required medicines as prescribed, but due to intake of fast foods, the sugar level keeps on increasing.

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My four and a half year old son has erratic blood sugar readings that even his diabetes educators can’t figure out. He has always had a problem with waking up low, and none of the regimens we have tried have fixed this problem. Can we use Humalog only (no basal insulin) before meals? Does anyone (other than pump users) use only Humalog?

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My almost 13 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11, and we still have not been able to get his readings leveled. Instead of constantly increasing his insulin dosages, why can’t we just reduce his carbs?

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My eight year old daughter has diabetes, and when she takes only one unit of Humalog, her blood glucose drops way down to 30-50 mg/dl [1.7-2.8 mmol/L]. Is there a reason or explanation for this? Is this common? Can we do something to alleviate this?

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Our daughter was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of nine weeks, and we were wondering if you or any of your colleagues have heard of a child so young. Is there any advice or information for parents of infants with diabetes?

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I am a college dance teacher, and I have a student with diabetes who had severe complications with her kidneys and was put on dialysis temporarily. She also had many problems with her sugar raising and dropping. What symptoms can I look for to tell me if she needs to sit out due to diabetes, pain, or even her kidneys?

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