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Hyperglycemia and DKA

I have come across a child on a pump who has ADD and is non compliant in his diabetes care. I suspect he’s playing with the pump, suspending insulin delivery, causing high blood sugars. What should I do? Mom is not asserting her authority and her son’s health is at risk.

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Do you have any suggestions for helping us avoid our daughter’s hospitalizations for DKA? She has an unusual insulin insensitivity, takes several medications, is is overweight.

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Lately, my daughter’s blood sugars have been over 200 mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L]. Why would this be? Could she be insulin resistant? Can she take Avandia?

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Can hyperglycemia and insulin cause blood flow variations? If yes, how?

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Diagnosed with type 1 in March 2006, my teen daughter has experienced a slow heartbeat four times and problems taking deep breaths when her blood sugar was high. Are these issues because her blood sugar is high or something else?

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After a tonsillectomy, my son had thrush and stomach pain. On a home meter, he was 231 mg/dl [12.8 mmol/L]. When the thrush clears, will his blood sugars return to normal? Could the high blood sugars be from stress? Should he have further monitoring?

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When on Dexamenthasane for her leukemia, my daughter’s blood sugars do not go down, even with insulin. Would Chromax chromium picolinate be helpful?

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I had gestational diabetes. After giving birth recently, I still have high fasting and post meal blood sugars. Do I have diabetes? What medication do I need? Will the highs harm my baby through breast milk?

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We have tried various approaches, but cannot get our daughter’s morning blood sugars to be in range. Do you have any recommendations?

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If my child is over 250 mg/dl [13.9 mmol/L] with no ketones, is it okay to let her exercise if she recently took insulin? Won’t the insulin help the body convert the blood sugar to energy?

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