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Diagnosis and Symptoms

I eat boxes of uncooked corn starch. I have not been able to find a doctor to isolate my problem. Can you offer any assistance?

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I am a 38 year old female. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes one month ago. How common is it for a woman my age to get type 1 diabetes?

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At 4 days old, my son was diagnosed with “transient diabetes of the newborn”. I have not been able to find anyone to explain to me what it is and why it happened.

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I am a 31 year old Caucasian male, average weight. I was diagnosed almost two years ago with a blood glucose of 500. Since about three weeks after diagnosis, I have taken no insulin. Could I just have glucose intolerance that got temporarily out of control two years ago?

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My 13 year old daughter was diagnosed about a year and a half ago with hypoglycemia. Her father, grandfather, and great grandfather, all had type 1 diabetes, and her father has similar symptoms. Can my daughter’s hypoglycemia be related to her father’s type 1 diabetes, and if so does she run a higher risk of getting it? I asked her endocrinologist if they were related, and he told me absolutely not, and wants to test for tumors.

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I’m a 27 year old female who has had Hodgkin’s Disease IIIB for 12 years and is being treated with chemotherapy and radiation. I have not been diagnosed with diabetes, and have no family history. I have normal fasting blood sugars (80-90 mg/dl [4.4 to 5])mmol/L] range, and an A1c of 4.4%. However, my two-hour postprandial blood sugars range from 154-208 mg/dl [8.6-11.6 mmol/L]. Is there cause for alarm?

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I have had diabetes for at least 14 years, was on insulin in the past and recently was trying to control it with oral medications, but my A1c was 13%, and I am back on insulin. My most C-peptide was 3.5. I have always been under the impression I had type 2 yet, based on this recent blood work, my doctor says that I have type 1. How is that possible with a C-peptide in the normal range?

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My six year old has trouble maintaining his weight. He is very active. If he goes without eating for two hours he becomes irritable, has headaches, stomachaches, the shakes, and sometimes naps. He drinks constantly, but does not desire sweets. He prefers meat over anything else. Does my son have signs of diabetes?

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My three year old daughter had complications relating to E. coli. She now has symptoms of diabetes and is on 3 units of insulin a day. Is this a typical outcome of E. coli?

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When I eat the smallest amount of candy, my sugar drops to 50-60 mg/dl [2.8-3.3 mmol/L] level in a 5-10 minute period, and I am also experiencing shaking and confusion. This is really scary! I had a glucose test done and my sugar went from 350 mg/dl [19.4 mmol/L] to 40 mg/dl [2.2 mmol/L] in 30 minutes. Could you please explain this?

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