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Hyperglycemia and DKA

My daughter is 21. She had been a pump user for about 6 months. In the last two years, she has had to be hospitalized on 4 occasions due to unexplained rises in her blood glucose, to over 500. Is there any possible explanation (without being able to examine her) that can be given for such events?

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My friend’s three year old was diagnosed with diabetes, and at that time, he was almost completely toilet trained, but now he has regressed and is in Pull-Ups. He is now three and a half years old and is running some very high blood sugars. Do the high blood sugars affect his ability to toilet train?

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Although I don’t have diabetes, I’ve noticed that my glucose levels will rise to high levels for no apparent reason. I’ve not had any symptoms of diabetes, but have had impaired glucose tolerance before. Is it possible for reading to go so high when there is nothing wrong?

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My two year old daughter has type 1 diabetes and receives two injections a day of Regular and NPH. I don’t know what I can do for her if her blood glucose goes too high. Can I give her some Regular between her usual injections?

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The doctor says my daughter is in ketoacidosis. Please explain how serious this is, what really causes it and what is going on with her body when this happens.

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I would like to know how many deaths have been attributed to ketoacidosis. My daughter passed away almost two years ago because of it. I would like to find out more about it and talk to others who have been in the same situation.

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My friend’s daughter is 14 years old and has had diabetes since age seven. For the past year, she has been in DKA and in the hospital almost every two weeks to monthly. Her insulin dose keeps going up. We are hoping that you could help us with some ideas.

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I have had problems with hyperglycemia after changing the site which suggests to me that there was a problem with the insertion. Do a lot of people on the pump have problems with catheter insertion? If the pump site looks and feels fine, how would I know that it’s working properly?

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If if a baby dies, is it possible to tell if death was caused by unknown diabetes rather than shaken baby syndrome? If so, how are the symptoms different?

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Could this student have developed symptoms of ketoacidosis with negative ketones? Since we have had a lot of flu in our school, that is a possibility.

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