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Diagnosed with mononucleosis, my teen son’s blood sugars are not that elevated. Should we still check for ketones?

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Are there any syndromes known to include a thiamine deficiency and diabetes in children?

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For a week, my blood sugars have been higher than normal due to bacterial pneumonia. How long will it be until my blood sugars are normal?

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My son is on a very strict diet because of his autism. Other than diet, exercise and vigilance, how can I work to lower his A1c? It has come down in the past six months, but I want to work to lower it.

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My six year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about three weeks ago. He has also been mildly disfluent since he was about four years of age. We have been working with a speech pathologist who thought that it was developmental, and would go away as he got older. I am desperately looking for any information at all about a connection between disfluency and diabetes.

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I have a 27 year old daughter with Cri Du Chat Syndrome. Several months ago, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Have you seen or heard of another person with Type 1 Diabetes or perhaps even Type 2 who also has Cri Du Chat syndrome?

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Is there any realtionship between diabetes and splitting fingernails?

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Has anyone experienced significant loss of appetite or general tiredness after taking insulin even when resulting glucose levels are normal? This was experienced by my son, a newly diagnosed 12 year old.

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My 16 year old son, who has diabetes, has been using Vick’s Vaporub for a fungal infection on his left big toe. This seems to make it feel better for a short time, but it doesn’t seem to make it go away. Any suggestions? The local docs haven’t been able to deal with it.

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My seven year daughter, who has had diabetes since the age of one, was just diagnosed with celiac disease via intestinal biopsy. Should my husband, my son, and I be tested for celiac disease?

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