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I have a 22 month old daughter who was diagnosed with diabetes at 18 months. We just took her off the bottle. But now at bedtime her sugar is very high a lot of nights. I’m not sure what to do.

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My 10 year old daughter is on an insulin pump using Humalog. Her daytime blood sugars are in tight control, but at night, they go very high. Her diabetes team thinks she is bouncing at night, but I have done a range of readings at night and have not been able to confirm this. Can you give me any insight?

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I am 14 years old, and I have had type 1 diabetes for about eight years. I am about 5 feet tall. What can I do to get taller and gain weight? Can my diabetes be keeping me from growing? If diabetes can keep you from growing, what can I do to stop my diabetes and start to grow?

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I am 62 years old, and have had type 2 diabetes for the nearly 20 years. My blood sugar ranges from 90 to 148 mg/dl [5 to 8.2 mmol/L] fasting and from 150 to 220 mg/dl [8.3 to 12.2 mmol/L] two hours after meals. Are these alarming figures? What should be the reasonably okay?

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I am a 26 year old female who has type 1 diabetes and has been on an insulin pump for three and a half years. Over the past year, I have gained 25 pounds even though I watch what I eat and exercise regularly. I do what endocrinologist said, but nothing has changed. What should I do?

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I am 46, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago, and I am having a problem finding the right way how to keep my sugar levels stable and close to normal values.

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My 10 year old son, just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes five weeks ago, is only taking 6 units of NPH in the morning, and his range has been between 4-7 mmol/L [72-126 mg/dl] with few lows and few highs(up to 10 mmol/L [180 mg/dl]. Are we on the right track? Is there anything else that we can do to improve his blood glucose levels?

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My five year old daughter, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes several weeks ago, she has asthma, and her sugars remain highly variable. I am concerned that her asthma and her medications for it are making her diabetes more difficult to control. Do you have experience or information that may help us?

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I am 53, female, newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and my doctor has me on Starlix. My fasting blood sugar is now down to 127 mg/dl [7.1 mmol/L], but at 11:00 pm, it is around 209 mg/dl [11.6 mmol/L], after five hours of not eating. Should my sugar be that high?

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I am on twice daily 70/30 insulin, but, despite all my efforts with regard to meal planning and checking my blood sugars, my diabetes is more and more labile, my hemoglobin A1c is between 8 and 9%, and my doctor continues to tell me that I have to be more careful. How? Has anyone experienced similar problems? What can I change?

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