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My son, age 9, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes several months ago. He had some lab work done this morning for a CBC only. What is the doctor looking for and what can a CBC tell us about my son’s diabetes?

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What are the current statistics on people with diabetes? How close is possible cure other than surgery?

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My five year old son was diagnosed less than two months ago with type 1diabetes. He has always had a difficult time having a bowel movement, and now it has become worse. Normally the only way for him to have a bowel movement is with the help of an enema. Any suggestions?

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I am a working mother with a five year old son who was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and requires an insulin shot everyday at 5:30 pm. His 24-year old nanny does not feel comfortable giving him the shot, but I am not sure that I can be home every day in time to give it. What alternatives do I have in providing my son with the care he needs without having to quit my job?

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Could you please tell me the age of the youngest person to be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes?

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After 35 years with type 1 diabetes, I see three ways it can ruin your life. Each of these options can be just as bad as the other from the patient’s point of view, but when will diabetologists recognize that emphasizing strict control in no way makes the patient healthier as a whole psychological, social, and physical being, but just substitutes one form of disease for another?

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I wonder, eighty years after insulin was discovered, whether there is any reason to hope the diabetes industry, which also has control over research for a cure, will ever choose to put itself out of business by giving us patients what we want?

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Are there any contraindications for a person with type 1 diabetes to undergo orthodontic treatment?

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Should children with diabetes be in a atmosphere that has mold, mildew, dust, etc., like a basement?

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I would like to have information about neonatal diabetes mellitus, transient diabetes of the newborn. I am a post graduate attached to the Institute of Child Health-Madras. There have been reports of just one case of neonatal diabetes in the past 10 years.

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