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Hypoglycemia

My niece is six years old and has had diabetes about a year. She began to get episodes of hyper- and hypoglycemia with big increases in the daily doses of insulin. Approximately one month ago, she began with episodes of absences with automatism. Can a relationship exist between these seizures and the diabetes?

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Can you please comment on the capacity of a virtually out-of-control 55 year old (35 years with Type 1) diabetic — high/low blood sugars, too much insulin for levels of physical activity, frequent, severe, unrecognized hypoglycemias — to cause terror for loved ones.

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I have a 5 1/2 year-old daughter who I believe has hypoglycemia. I had it as a child and, according to my mother, she has many of the symptoms I had. I want to know what I can do to find out if she does have hypoglycemia.

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My stepson has hypoglycemia. He is with my wife and I half of the week; the other half he spends with his biological father. His biological father takes his family out to eat the majority of the time. Do you have any suggestions for the types of food he should order from fast food restaurants?

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My husband is 40 years old and has had Type 1 diabetes for 30 years. I am concerned for his safety and our children. In the last 5 years, he has had several car accidents and over 25 ambulance assisted emergencies. What is his ability when his sugar drops so low?

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For the past month I’ve been unable to feel my lows until my sugars get down into the 30s and because of that I test my sugar 8-10 times a day now. My question is what is it called and why am I unable to feel my lows? I don’t ever give myself too much insulin or anything like that.

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My ten year old daughter was injecting herself with insulin for a month early last year and had numerous severe low sugars. She has been to counseling, but is really struggling with school, academically. Could she have done any damage to her learning ability?

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A while back my doctor told me I had low blood sugar, and I had an ‘episode’ at work yesterday. I am visiting my doctor today, and I hope I am just fine! Please give me your thoughts on this.

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I have had type 1 diabetes for 19 years. Until two years ago, I was taking the pork insulin then switched to human insulin, and now I have a hard time recognizing when my blood sugar starts to get low. Do different types of insulin have different effects on people when their blood sugar becomes low? Should I consider changing the type of insulin I use?

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My five year old son, who has had diabetes for two and a half years, just had his first seizure. Should we be watching for any other signs? Is it this more likely to happen now that he has had one? Is there reason to look at possible kidney problems and a suspect in this seizure ?

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