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Do you have any suggestions for helping us avoid our daughter’s hospitalizations for DKA? She has an unusual insulin insensitivity, takes several medications, is is overweight.

October 6, 2008
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My son has always wanted to eat a lot, especially protein. The school nurse suggested that he might have hypoglycemia. Should I have him tested? By what kind of doctor?

October 6, 2008
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My young son is on Lantus only, but he sometimes is as high as 350 mg/dl [19.4 mmol/L]. Is it okay to give him rapid acting insulin?

October 5, 2008
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I’d been monitoring my daughter’s blood sugars, but stopped since she was asymptomatic. I just learned she tested positive for GAD antibodies. What does this mean?

October 5, 2008
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Can you help me understand why the doctor has put my daughter on a Humalog-Regular-NPH-Lantus regimen?

October 4, 2008
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At the doctor’s office, my niece’s blood sugar was 340 mg/dl [18.9 mmol/L]. At the hospital, her blood sugars were normal after two meals. Is it possible to have an isolated high blood glucose reading? Could this be a sign of pre-diabetes?

September 30, 2008
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Since his diagnosis in March 2007, my son has gained no weight. His blood sugars have been fine and he hasn’t been ill. Is this something about which I should be concerned? Could it be related to his diabetes?

September 30, 2008
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An adult endocrinologist told my 19-year-old son that he will never get complications if he maintains the excellent control he’s had so far. Do you agree with this?

September 30, 2008
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Is is possible for a child with diabetes to have memory loss?

September 29, 2008
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Yesterday, my 21-year-old daughter fought lows all day long and didn’t take any insulin after breakfast. She had a similar episode a month ago. Could her birth control pill be causing this? Are there other ways to deal with endless lows?

September 29, 2008
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