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Insulin

Can diet sodas increase blood sugar? When travelling, what is the best way to keep insulins from getting warm?

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My five and one-year old son has had type 1 since age two. I am told by his consultant that he cannot be producing any of his own insulin, and that also the long acting insulin in the Penmix cannot be affecting him longer than 12 hours. My experience says the opposite.

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I am a 22 year old female who has been living with diabetes for 17 years. I take Humalog during the day with NPH at night, and I have been on an exercise program. I realize insulin dose varies depending on sugar levels, but I would like a goal range to be sure. What is an appropriate insulin dose range for my age and weight?

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My daughter is taking 10 units of NPH in the morning and 8 units of NPH in the evening. Is it unusual to take a similar amount for both doses?

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My 11 year old likes his insulin at room temperature, but the bottles are only good for 28 days. It seems so wasteful to throw away two whole bottles of insulin a month! We can hardly tell he has used any insulin at all. How many units does the bottle contain? Do the insulin companies make any smaller vials for small users?

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For the past couple of days, we have noticed that our seven year old daughter, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes six months ago, has itchy bright round red marks about the size of a quarter on her thigh where she has had her injections. Could she be allergic to the insulin?

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My 12 year old daughter, who has had diabetes for two years, has developed large indentations (which appear to be getting bigger) on the outer thighs on both legs. She doesn’t inject near these areas at all, and I wondered what would be causing that. Could she be having a reaction to Insulatard?

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My 11 year old likes his insulin at room temperature, but the bottles are only good for 28 days, and It seems so wasteful to throw away two whole bottles of insulin a month! We can hardly tell he has used any insulin at all. How many units does the bottle contain? Do the insulin companies make any smaller vials for small users?

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My three year old daughter, currently taking NPH in the morning and at bedtime, as been low around 11:00 am for the last three days. The doctor says the NPH should not be peaking at this time, so what would cause the low sugar?

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Since my daughter switched to Lantus with Humalog, she has never risen above 200 mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L], and we all know that high blood sugar levels will slowly destroy the cardiovascular system. How can you as a professional allow people to follow these constant guessing games with the peaks and lows of these old insulins?

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