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Other Illnesses

What is ketogenic hypoglycemia? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the treatment?

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My daughter, who has had type 1 diabetes for four years, started having some severe hypoglycaemic episodes, and there have now been multiple hospital admissions.However, she is continuing to have severe hypos, and the dextrose drip takes as long as six hours to bring her up. Coeliac disease has now been suggested on the basis of a biopsy. Do you have any ideas?

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My husband, who has type 2 diabetes treated with pills, takes Viagra three times per week, jenasol, Interex, superlibido formula for men, and a lot of others. Would these medicines affect his diabetes, the heart, or other organs?

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I am a 31 year old female, who has had type 1 diabetes for just over a year, and recently I had a positive ANA. Could my diabetes have produced this positive reading?

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During this year I have had 4 major colds, 2 within the last 2 months. Is it possible that my immune system is just not functioning properly and causing these recurrant colds/sinusitis?

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Can woman with type 1 diabetes get PCOS? I know it’s normally linked with type 2, however, things happen. If I am concerned about having PCOS, what tests should I ask to have done?

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Is heat stroke common with type 1 diabetes? My 21 month old son had an episode at the zoo that was very scary.

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My partner feels that he has underdeveloped genitals due to the onset of diabetes during puberty. He is specifically interested to know if there is any hormonal treatment which might be beneficial to him at this stage. Is there any connection between type 1 diabetes and his condition?

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We have recently noticed that my four year old granddaughter has adult body odor. Isn’t that awfully young? Doesn’t that have to do with hormones?

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Since his diagnosis of type 1 diabetes about 20 months ago, my son has had approximately twenty bouts of pneumonia. Why is my son having recurring pneumonia? Is this a by-product of having type 1 diabetes?

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