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Hyperglycemia and DKA

My 11 year old daughter has type 1 diabetes and gets severe stomach aches/cramps which seem to be associated with high ketones. When she has these stomach pains, what can we do to help them diminish?

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Our three and a half year old daughter was diagnosed at age 12 months with DKA and was non-responsive for about 48 hours. She seems to have been developing normally, is bright, and is in decent control with the help of an insulin pump. Should we be concerned about any long lasting effects of her initial DKA almost three years ago?

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I am 17 years old and have had diabetes since age 6. Lately I have had really high blood readings and I don’t know what to do.

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My son is nine and has had Type 1 diabetes for 1 year. He complains of being “shaky”, but when he tests he is high not low. Can a high make him shaky as well as a low?

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My two and a half year old daughter passed away, and acute onset of diabetes is the cause we have been given for her death. There were no apparent signs until a few hours before her death. Please help us understand this.

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Recently I had my first experience with my son and DKA. He seems well and back to his old self today. He had two low blood sugar readings and two normal ketone readings today, but just now his blood sugar reading was very high and the urine ketones were large! I’ve administered the appropriate insulin, and I am hoping all will be well. Should I send him to school?

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I am a concerned mum after hearing that a year 12 student recently died from severe diabetes since I have never heard this term used before. Could you explain the differences between type 1 diabetes and severe diabetes, if there are any?

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What percentage of the population of people with diabetes gets severe DKA every year? What is the mortality rate of these patients?

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I have two children with type 1 diabetes and on insulin pumps, and the older child (now of pubertal age) seems to be more prone to ketones during illness or the occasional pump problem than the younger (pre-pubertal) child. Why is it that some children rarely get ketones when others seem to develop them quite rapidly?

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I am 46 years old, have type 1 diabetes, and I have been using a pump for four months. My blood sugar is suddenly very high even though my pump appears to be working and my routine has not changed. Is “poor site absorption” a possibility? What causes it? How do I avoid it?

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