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I have type 1 diabetes and aortic insufficiency. I have been having some chest pains which are not really bad, but like a sudden pain, here one second, gone the next. Could my heart condition be getting worse? What else could it be?

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My six week old granddaughter was rushed by ambulance in a coma and was diagnosed with metabolic acidosis.She is now on a glucose drip and, her urine and blood sugar levels are not elevated. Does this alone, eliminate the possibility of diabetes?

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I was diagnosed with celiac disease about seven months ago, and since then I have seen studies that show that children with type 1 diabetes can also have celiac sprue, and I have been wondering if this means that people with celiac disease, like me, are also at risk for type 1 diabetes or if it only works the other way around.

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My daughter is 13 and was diagnosed two months ago with Type 1 Diabetes. She is on 3 shots per day and for the past four weeks her hair has been falling out. She has quite thick hair but I’m afraid if this continues, she will not have much left.

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Our 11 year old daughter has been IDDM since she was 6. She has been well for five years, until the last few months when she started experiencing nocturnal vomiting with accompanying back pain, erratic blood sugar levels, and, more recently, nighttime hypo’s.

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I took my 14 year old son, who has diabetes, to his enodcrinologist because of an eight pound weight loss. He noticed that my son had sweaty hands, rapid heart beat and another weight loss and told me that my son may have an overactive thyroid. What do we expect if he does have overactive thyroid? Will this affect his blood sugar control? Will my endocrinologist also test for Addison’s Disease, and celiac disease?

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I was diagnosed as having Granuloma Annulare. My mother and maternal grandfather both have/had diabetes. I am 32 years old and have regularly been tested for diabetes always resulting negative, even throughout my three pregnancies. I am having trouble understanding why, at my age, I should be getting them.

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I would like to know more about Primary Lactic Acidemia.

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My husband’s 12 year old son has a seizure disorder that no one has been able to identify. His neurologist refuses to consider any correlation between blood sugar and his seizures. Orange juice has always been able to bring him out of his seizures. Does this sound like it could be diabetes or hypoglycemia?

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My 11 year old daughter started having passing out spells from the age of 2. At first, the doctors thought she was having seizures. We had tests run for that and they came back negative. Most of the spells have been at times when she has not eaten in over 2 hours. What tests do I need to have run on her?

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