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Insulin

My 12 year old granddaughter is on the inhaled insulin trial. About a week ago, she started wheezing and the doctors thought she had developed asthma from the inhaler. After doing tests, they think that it is bacterial due to birds in the home. Can you offer any information?

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My daughter had really good control for nearly a year on Mixtard 30. Her sugars started to rise and she wanted to move on to 4 injections per day basal/bolus. Her doctor agreed and she went to Lantus and NovoRapid about five weeks ago. She had a really good week then her sugars started to rise again.

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A 14 year old female patient has type 1 diabetes and Addison’s disease. At 126 pounds. she takes about 100 units of insulin a day. Is insulin resistance common with Addison’s disease, or, if she is being over insulinized and feeding insulin all day to prevent lows?

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My son takes Lantus, NPH and Humalog to avoid a noon shot. He’s having higher blood sugars though. How can we make this work?

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After a year of satisfactory blood sugars, my teen son has high blood sugars in the morning. The nurse thought hormones would be the cause. Is this possible?

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I think my son needs to get more insulin because he is growing. How much do I increase his Humalog and/or NPH?

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Is there any type of insulin that can be injected once a day? Instead of three injections, I would like to give my son only one per day.

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I have a feeling of anxiety after I inject. Could this be an allergic reaction to the insulin, the preservative in the insulin or the Synthroid I take?

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Is it true that insulin cannot be shaken or it will lose its potency? Not that I make a general practice of shaking it, but it does move around if it’s in a bag or that sort of thing.

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Given her weight of 42 kg and amount of insulin taken per day, about 46 units, I am concerned my daughter has insulin resistance. How can I confirm and minimize this? I would like to be able to reduce the amount of insulin she is taking.

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