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The pediatrician said that my daughter will always be more prone to illness because diabetes is an autoimmune disease, but I thought that it just caused her immune system to attack its own islet cells and did not think it had anything to do with susceptibility to illness.

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Since his diagnosis a week ago, my son has been ill and having low blood sugars. Is he entering the “honeymoon” phase? Do we need to adjust his insulin?

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