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In your responses to chromium use in type 1 diabetes, you don’t recommend usage. Why is it okay for type 2 and not for type 1 just because research studies haven’t been performed?

My nine year old niece has had type 1 for nine months. It seems to us she has to eat an incredible amount of food. She even complains. Is it normal for all children with diabetes to have to eat a lot?

On a routine urinalysis, our son had glucose and ketones in his urine. He also had glucose on one other ocassion. His random blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c are normal, and he shows no other diabetes symptoms. Should he be checked by an endocrinologist?

My seven year old nephew has been recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He has developed a fine rash that comes and goes and the doctors are not sure what this is related to. Is related to his diabetes?

My four year old daughter was diagnosed two years ago. She recently had a positive TB test and is medication. She had an A1c of 9.1% Do you think they have anything to do with each other? If not, do you have any suggestions on what we can do to help get her in better control?

My 17 year old son has just been diagnosed with diabetes. He has been having hypo’s lately and has also been having some seizures. Why is this? What is the mechanism of him having these seizures?

We have been trying for a year and a half to have a second child. Is the fact that my sugar is so elevated making it harder for us to conceive?

My nine year old son has an odor that I can only associate with ketoacidosis. He becomes diaphoretic, nauseous and weak, when he has not eaten in several hours. I’m baffled and concerned.

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