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Our eight year old daughter, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, seems to be very sensitive to Humalog and NPH. She currently is on Ultralente. She monitors eight or more times a day, but still has lows weekly. How damaging are these lows to her developing brain if they have not progressed into a severe reaction?

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His blood glucose is okay until the bedtime check, which is always high. I know this should mean taking another shot, and I do sometimes give him a sliding scale of Humalog, but the problem is that his blood sugar drops dramatically during the night. I know I need to get the nighttime numbers down, but I’m so afraid of him going way too low.

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My daughter is 13 and has been diagnosed for less than two weeks. She wants to consume the bulk of her calories from 2:30 pm until bedtime. Can she do this as long as her insulin covers the carbohydrates/calories? I’m afraid it will be nearly impossible to change her habits, but I will try if this detrimental to her health.

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I am 35, female, have had diabetes for six years, and have until very recently been tightly controlled with an average HbA1c of 5.5%. However, over the last three weeks, my diabetes has become “brittle” with extreme highs and lows in blood glucose levels. When diabetes becomes brittle, is this likely to be a temporary situation?

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My 15 year old son was in relatively good control until entering high school last year. I feel as though he needs a complete overhaul. Because sports are very important to him, I’d like him to see someone who can relate to sports performance as well as his blood sugar control.

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My son was taking Regular and Ultralente. However, he was not doing his shot till 1/2 hour to 1 hour of eating. Would this cause his A1c to be high and his regular reading to be fine?

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My 10 year old son has had diabetes for a year. Five days ago, we started the insulin pump, and his levels have never been better. However, we have some problems during the night. What would explain these high readings early in the night and not responding to insulin as he normally does?

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My daughter recently tried the new CGMS. We saw that her sugar rises on it’s own (without eating food or glucose) when she’s been low, and then can stay high for a long time, in spite of correction boluses. I have a lot of questions about rebound hyperglycemia.

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My five year old daughter was recently diagnosed and we want to get her a medical ID bracelet. What do recommend?

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My son is 5 years old and goes to preschool every morning. For the past two weeks his lunch readings have been very high. I know that he is not eating anything he should not while he is at school. Is there some other factors that could be causing his blood sugar to be high?

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