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I’m a school nurse with a student who has type 1. The child’s diet consists mainly of simple carbohydrates. How can get him to change his diet? I am worried about long term damage.

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Just diagnosed with type 2, I have been put on Glucophage. I was told not to exercise when my blood sugar is elevated. Could you explain this better?

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Since diagnosis, we’ve had trouble with nighttime highs that start as soon as the dinner bolus runs out. Increased basals work, but sometimes cause lows. What should we do?

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Recently, my son’s morning blood sugar was 180 mg/dl [10.0 mmol/L]. Ten minutes after his insulin, he nearly fell unconscious. We gave him a glucose tablet and he felt better. Is there any way of understanding if his morning glucose level is from a rebound? Could he have felt this way because he hadn’t eaten for 12 hours?

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Diagnosed with type 1 very recently, I am in shock at my diagnosis and am freaked out about giving myself injections. When can I get a pump?

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My son is getting four or five shots a day. Is that normal for a child of his age? He doesn’t live with me and I don’t know much about diabetes.

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My 10 year old doesn’t always want to test or do his injections. I am about to start a job and won’t be home as much to help him. What can I do?

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Sometimes my fasting blood sugar is higher. How can I achieve normal blood sugars during the night? I take Lantus in the morning, based on my fasting reading, Humalog for foods.

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For the past several months, my teen daughter has been forgetting to bolus for meals and snacks. How can I encourage her to do so? She is annoyed by my reminders to do so.

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Two years after diagnosis, it now takes our daughter longer to come down from a high and up from a low. Why would this be happening? How can we increase her reaction times?

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