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Our 6 year old son has had Type 1 diabetes for 15 months. Over the past several months, we have experienced many instances of his glucose levels being low at lunch and high at dinner. And do you have any suggestion to stop this occurrence?

July 14, 2000
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In children, why don’t doctors start ACE inhibitors in the early years to protect the kidneys, instead of waiting until there is a problem (microalbumin in urine)? Why wait until the damage is beginning?

July 14, 2000
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I have a 6 years old son, diagnosed 6 months ago. I want to know how high blood sugars may affect his school work. He was tested to get into international school and he had high blood sugars and was very lethargic. He failed the test.

July 14, 2000
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Are there any Do’s and Don’t’s that have been compiled or can be advised for a child who is in thr honeymoon phase?

July 14, 2000
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My son is 14 years old and has Type 1 diabetes. Since his diagnosis, we have been testing for low blood sugars at 2 A.M. We have asked our health team what to consider low enough to treat at this time and have gotten some very different numbers from different members of the team.

July 14, 2000
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My 15 year old son went on a insulin pump 6 weeks ago. Three weeks ago, he started complaining of back pain, took him to the physician and he had large amounts of blood in urine, and was diagnosed as a kidney/urinary tract infection. How long can he go with large amounts of blood in urine?

July 14, 2000
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I have a son who will be 4 in a few months. I took insulin while pregnant with him. He has asthma. I have been noticing some things in him that lead me to wonder if he has diabetes. I would appreciate any information that could help, maybe some questions to ask the doctor, or tests we should have done.

July 13, 2000
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My daughter is 21 months old and has Type 1 diabetes. She is on Humalog and NPH. She is gaining weight rapidly. She weights 32 pounds. Is this because of the insulin, and will she stop gaining so much at a certain age?

July 13, 2000
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Our daughter is 15 and was diagnosed at age 11. This year she has decided to stop taking care of herself. Her A1C’s have been over 13 for the last nine months. Is this common in teens and what is the best way to solve this?

July 8, 2000
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My eight-year-old granddaughter complains of excessive dryness of the feet requiring frequent wetting. I have Type 2 diabetes and as her other grandmother has Type 1. Could this be a symptom of diabetes?

July 8, 2000
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