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Tight Control

My 13 year old son has type 1 diabetes. What is the sugar level range that he should maintain for insuring a normal, complication-free long life?

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My sister’s first baby (boy) is two and a half years old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year. Since then, they have worked very hard to try to stablise his sugar levels but haven’t been able to do a good job. Is there anything to help?

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My 10 year old daughter has had type 1 diabetes for five years. Her A1c has usually been in the 7-8% range with the most recent one being 5.9%. Our pediatric endocrinologist feels this is too low. Is this too low?

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My 4 1/2 year old son was diagnosed 2 months ago and has been doing well in his honeymoon stage. His glucose level is between 70-120 with occasional dips to the 50s. I read several items though suggesting that low blood sugars may cause motor and learning delays in developing children.

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I am a 19 year old male, who has had type 1 diabetes for two years, and my A1cs (done very four months) range 6-9%.The most recent tests are 8.5% whereas most of the earlier tests show results that range from 5.8-7.5%. Is there are chance I will develop complications in the future if the A1c test results remain within this range? What range could be considered critical for developing the complications?

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I have type 2 diabetes which I have been trying to control with diet, and for a couple of years, my blood sugar runs 200-300 mg/dl [11.1-16.7 mmol/L] after eating, depending on what I eat. Is this level of control sufficient? Am I risking a higher possibility of complications by not maintaining tight control?

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My 21 year old son recently had an A1c of 6.9%. His doctor says that’s fine, but my son wonders if it could be better.

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I am baffled by the ADA recommendation, one that is oft cited by the Ask the Diabetes Team members, that an A1c (or glycosylated hemoglobin) should be less than 1% above the upper limit of normal for the lab performing the test.

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My 10-year-old son was diagnosed 5 months ago. When we went to see his endocrinologist last month, his A1c was 5.5. I thought that was great news. However, the doctor didn’t share my joy and said he wanted to decrease his nighttime Lantus because a normal A1c level at this stage makes him a good candidate for hypoglycemic episodes that may happen without warning.

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I am a 16 year old female and I have been living with diabetes for eight years. When I turned 12, my blood sugars would stay up no matter what I did. I am doing the best that I can for a 16 year old. When I am under stress, my blood sugar goes up and my doctors yell at me. What can I do to be in more control of my diabetes?

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