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My son has had type 1 diabetes for one year now. Why, when I test him one and one-half to two hours after eating dinner, is his blood sugar about 150 mg/dl {8.3 mmol/L], and then, about three to four hours later, in the 200s mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L]?

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My 15 month old granddaughter has just been diagnosed with diabetes. I have never heard of a child this young having diabetes. Is this very unusual? Is it a reason to worry that it came on at such an early age?

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My three-and-a-half year old son weighs about 28 pounds and is the 5th percentile for height and weight. Is there any correlation between diabetes and failure to grow at a “normal” rate?

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My 16 year old daughter has had diabetes for four years. For the last seven months, she has been hospitalized numerous times. She has lost weight, but gains it back when hospitalized. They say her only option at this point would be a pump, but she is resitant.

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My five year old daughter is asking to get her ears pierced. Her sugars aren’t in the greatest control lately. Is that okay for her or not?

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My eight year old son was diagnosed at age two and one-half. His blood sugar is in fairly good control, but there are days when it bounces in a matter of four hours. We follow his diet and insulin regimen very carefully, adjusting when necessary, but these unexplained crazy days really have us baffled.

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My daughter is 11 years old and has had type 1 diabetes for about a year. She is currently on Humalog and Ultralente. I have several questions.

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I have the same problem as the person who asked a previous question. However, I currently take Actos once per day along with Glucophage twice per day, and Prandin was started just two weeks ago because my A1c was 8.3%.

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I am an 18 year old college student, and I am suffering from severely uncontrolled type 1 diabetes as well as anorexia nervosa. At the present time, my weight is somewhat stable but tends to fluctuate depending on my eating habits. I am not sure what to do because I refuse to get an insulin pump due to body image issues. Any suggestions?

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For the past two years, I’ve controlled my diabetes with diet and exercise, but since my Niaspan dose was doubled about a year ago, my wake-up blood sugar levels have been higher than before I started taking it. The thing I am baffled about is my A1cs have consistently been around 5.2% Why the discrepancy? Is it a mistake for me to be taking Niaspan?

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