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I am 10 years old and have type 1 diabetes. Please kindly let me know about a diabetes chart.

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My little sister (13 years old) is about a foot and a half shorter than everyone in her class. She also has gained forty or so pounds in a time span of about four months and hasn’t been able to lose the weight. The doctor has put her on hormone therapy treatments, but nothing has changed. Is this common?

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What effects can diabetes have on a child’s all round development?

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What would the life expectancy be for someone who gets type 1 diabetes at age 10?

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I was recently diagnosed with diabetes and as a result I have to have frequent blood tests. The problem is that the nurse is having a great deal of difficulty getting at my veins in the arm. She failed twice and I had to go to the hospital for testing where they had difficulty too. Is this common? Is it a sign of some other problem?

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Is there a”tattoo” for a child to wear that indicates when he is getting low?

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My 11 1/2 year old son was diagnosed with type I at age one and one-half. We have never discussed, in detail, the long term effects of diabetes, and we want to begin educating him about these issues. Can you recommend some age-appropriate resources that will not unnecessarily frighten him?

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Has any group of people with type 1 diabetes been tested for the 25-OH-D vitamin D deficiency?

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When my son gets the flu, he aches so badly there really isn’t anything that has helped him. Soaking in a bath with Epson salts has always helped me so I thought it would be beneficial for him, but he informed me that people with diabetes were not to do this. However, he didn’t know why. Why is it that people with diabetes cannot use Epson Salts for soaking in a bath?

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To prevent lipoatrophy, my daughter has been using a NovoLog/steroid mix in her insulin pump for a year. I wanted to update her story.

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