CWDAnswers-02-Crop2000

CWD Answers Archives

advertisement
icon-nav-help
Need Help

Submit your question to our team of health care professionals.

icon-nav-current-questions
Current Question

See what's on the mind of the community right now.

icon-conf-speakers-at-a-glance
Meet the Team

Learn more about our world-renowned team.

icon-nav-archives
CWD Answers Archives

Review the entire archive according to the date it was posted.

  • Search Questions:

  • Category Filters:

advertisement

All Questions

I’m a 19 year old female. and I think I may have diabetes. I’ve had these little dots with fluid in them. I do have the bit of blurry vision, and I do feel as if I’ve started urinating more than I used to. I lost some weight recently. Do you think I might have diabetes?

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

Recently, a research team in the Netherlands published results of what they called a possible cure of diabetes. Are you familiar with these results? What is your opinion?

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

My nine year old daughter has type 1 diabetes. Neither we nor the hospital are able to get a regular blood sugar count and she always has ketones. So, the specialist at the hospital has involved social workers to find out if she is under a lot of stress at home to see if this is the cause. Is this possible?

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

Does anyone have experience with the “At Last” meter by Amira Medical being used for a child (age nine)? My concern is the child’s ability to properly use the meter, correct motion “press and release” and the accuracy of the meter with children operating it.

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

I was diagnosed about a month ago with type 2 diabetes, but found out that I was “anti-ica512 positive”, GAD negative. I had been on a sulfonylurea diabetes pill, but stopped taking it because I read that sulfonylureas can be destructive to the pancreas in type 1 diabetes. I am very motivated and not afraid of insulin. What do you feel my treatment should consist of to best preserve my pancreas? Or, is that not possible?

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

My aunt was diagnosed at the age of eight with type 1 diabetes. She is now in her thirties. She is blind from it and is on kidney dialysis. Recently, blood sugar levels have ranged from 100 to 1480 mg/dl (5.6 to 82.2 mmol/L). She lives in a nursing home. The doctor knows about it, but nothing ever gets done. Who else can we turn to for this matter?

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

My nine year old daughter has had diabetes type 1 since she was four years old. We are doing just fine and she is still on two shots a day of mixed insulin. If you have a small insulin production left even after four and one-half years with diabetes, could you prolong this production by being a little bit “aggressive” in your insulin treatment in order to let the functioning beta cells “rest” a little?

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

I am 57 years old and have a strong family history of diabetes. Iad a fastiting blood done which was 130 mg/dl (7.2 mmol/L). After the five hour test my sugar level was 64 mg/dl (3.6 mmol/L). I was told everything was normal. I urinate a lot, am very thirsty and have blurred vision. There are times when I am very shaky and very lightheaded. The doctor refuses to do anything else. Should I consult with another doctor?

August 17, 2000
Posted in
Read More

I would like to know more about Primary Lactic Acidemia.

August 15, 2000
Posted in
Read More

My five year old daughter was recently diagnosed and we want to get her a medical ID bracelet. What do recommend?

August 15, 2000
Posted in
Read More