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My 13 year old daughter has always had pretty good control, but she has been hospitalized with ketoacidosis twice in the last two months. They tell me her hormones are causing this, but do not offer me a solution as to how to avoid this again.

My 12 year old daughter recently had her yearly eye exam and got a new eyeglass prescription and for the first time, contact lenses. She has been saying she sees a dot that comes and goes in her vision. Is this a symptom of something? For what should I have her checked?

My eight year old daughter weighs 165 pounds. She has been tested for diabetes and her labs were abnormal. I am looking for a food list and diet sample to go by. I do not know anything about proper diet for a child.

I am going to the USA. Can you recommend a natural product (food or medicine) for diabetes?

How many “sugar-free” type foods should be incorporated into an eight year old’s daily diet? I realize they won’t have the impact of regular sugar food items, but should they be consumed every snack or mealtime?

I am taking care of a family with nine children, five of whom have a rare mutation in an insulin receptor causing extreme insulin resistance and huge problems with controlling diabetes. Do you have experience with IGF-1 or insulin sensitizers?

During the third hour of a five hour glucose tolerance test, I had a reading of 50 mg/dl [2.8 mmol/L] which triggered a low blood sugar attack. At the same time, my insulin level reading was 3. Why or how were my blood sugar and insulin both low at the same time?

I’m a 31 year old female who wishes to become pregnant. My HbA1c is in the normal range, but I still have some very high readings. I would like to know whether a few high levels now and then can affect a growing baby.

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