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After four years with type 1, my six-year-old son has an A1c around 6. He experiences lows about three or four times a week. Are such lows intrinsically harmful? Is there good evidence that it can lead to long-term sequelae, such as cognitive or memory problems?

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I was watching that crazy guy on the animal planet one night and he said something very briefly about the venom of the gila dragon being used to treat diabetes, but also said the venom is poisonous. Do you have any further information regarding this?

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I heard about a little girl with type 1 having a gene called Kir6.2 allowing her to take a sulfonylurea instead of insulin. Are there studies about this? Is this legitimate?

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Can you tell me the latest on the closed loop pump? What can you tell me about the injection site that’s like a pump, but doesn’t have the attachment to a pump?

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My four-year-old tested positive for three autoantibodies and her glucose tolerance test result was impaired. My five-year-old tested positive for two autoantibodies. What does this mean? How high are their risks are of developing type 1?

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I think it would be easier to cope with diabetes if needles weren’t a part of it.Can you tell me what the near future holds to get rid of needles? Are there studies being done to test other ways to give insulin?

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Are there any organizations that offer financial support for diabetics for their clinical trial treatment?

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How can we find out if our son’s diabetes is one caused by a genetic mutation? Our son was diagnosed in August 2006 at the age of three.

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I have a son with type 1 and a daughter with Crohn’s, both autoimmune diseases. Are both linked to the same gene? Is there a chance that my daughter with Crohn’s can also get diabetes and that my son with diabetes can also develop Crohn’s?

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I recall reading an article that raised the question or linked type 1 diabetes with birth month with July and August being most frequent. I believe the study was done in Sweden or Norway. Do you have any more information?

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