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Hypoglycemia

My seven year son who has type 1 diabetes and is on Monotard and Actrapid twice a day, sometimes has hypoglycemia accompanied by vomiting. Is the vomiting due to hypoglycemia? A few doctors have recommended the use of Extendbar (available only in USA). Do you think it is appropriate?

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I was born with hypoglycemia, and by the age of 10, I had grown out of it. The doctors said that my condition was idiopathic. Will I pass this on to my offspring?

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When my friend’s daughter had a convulsion, the paramedics have checked her blood sugar level, and it has been 6.7 and 5.9 mmol/L [121 and106 mg/dl] another time. These levels are not low, and she has been lower and not convulsed My consultant has mentioned something about glucose around the brain. Can you enlighten my friend and her daughter on this?

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My one week old daughter has been in the intensive care unit with blood sugar levels of 39-70 mg/dl [mmol/L] since birth. The doctors have been alternating each feeding between high calorie formula and my wife’s breast milk (yielding the blood sugar levels noted above). The doctor seems to be hoping her levels will rise and stabilize. At what point do I begin to worry that it won’t? Is there anything I should have my doctor look for? Is there some other test they can do?

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My three year old son is pale and tired a lot and complains about his belly hurting. He is always thirsty, waking up two to three times a night to drink, so I took him to his doctor who did a blood sugar which was low. Now, they want him tested by the hospital after he has not eaten since midnight for hypoglycemia. I am very afraid so please tell me what you can.

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My son as probably had approximately 20 seizures in the last two years, and we finally seemed to have found the correct dose of insulin because he has not had one in at least two months. He is very bright, but I worry that when he becomes school age that he may show signs of brain damage from these seizures. At what point do diabetic seizures start affecting the brain? When do they begin affecting him permanently?

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I don’t really understand the difference between hypoglycemia and diabetes. I know that over-medication can lead to hypoglycemia in people with diabetes, but if I have hypoglycemia, am I at a higher risk for diabetes?

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My 8 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 6. During the past few weeks it occurred on 3 occasions that he had a severe low blood sugar reaction shortly after the 6�P.M. insulin shot. Did we happen to inject directly in blood vessels?

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My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed type 1 six weeks ago. We have not been checking her blood sugar levels at night at first as we were told this was not necessary. It seems probable that she has been too low at night for the past few weeks! How would this have affected her?

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At 11 1/2 months of age my son was diagnosed with “severe” hypoglycemia and hyperinsulinism. Will he outgrow this condition? How common is type 2 diabetes with this condition? What could have caused this?

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