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My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 a week ago. She has been home 4 days. Blood sugars have never been lower than 275 and are typically in the 300+ range. Ketones generally absent, but sometimes moderate. How long does it take to see some 70-180 blood sugar levels?

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When your sugar level is low, you should eat a piece of candy or something sweet, right? So what do you do when your sugar is a little high? My mother is not on any medication for diabetes yet, but some of the other medications she takes periodically makes her sugar level a little higher.

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My two year old granddaughter was diagnosed 6 weeks ago with type 1 diabetes. She experiences frequent periods of her hands shaking that seem to bear no relation to her blood sugars. Could something else be wrong?

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If my blood sugar before bed is in the normal range, I take the Glucophage only, with no glyburide, but then my morning blood sugar is too high. However, if I take the glyburide, I wake in the middle of the night in distress with very low blood sugar.

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I have a 16 year old girl who had an acute viral infection. She is currently taking Mixtard and metformin. Can we shift her to oral agents alone?

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Why do physicians always make the comment that losing weight makes diabetes easier to control? What’s easier? Am I missing something? Do physicians really mean to say, “Weight loss makes your general health better and results in less strain on your body that is already under stress from diabetes.”?

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My 13 year old son was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and I have questions about insulin regimens.

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I’ve heard many times how heat can affect blood sugars, but I’ve been unable to come up with an article or research paper supporting this. Do you have any information on this?

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My 21 month old wakes up in his target range, is very high and cranky at snack time, and at lunch (about an hour to an hour and a half later), he is normally back in his target range. Will these high readings every morning lead to long-term complications? Is there something I can do to help with being so cranky?

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My 29 year old boyfriend was diagnosed with diabetes a month ago and has been advised to take insulin injections, but no one in his family has had it. He is really eating right and his taking injections right, but I am really worried bout the complications that might arise. I have several questions.

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