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My 7 year old daughter has fairly frequent low’s, almost all of which are asymptomatic, even with blood sugars in the 30’s. They are treated without incident, and she’s on her merry way. While the acute dangers of hypoglycemia are obvious, what long-term complications can there be?

June 15, 2000
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I would like to use an instant hand sanitizer to clean my child’s fingers before doing a finger prick. My doctor said this would be bad to continually use on my child’s fingers.

June 15, 2000
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What happens, chemically, in a person’s brain when they have an insulin reaction?

June 15, 2000
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My daughter was told to add a unit of insulin during the week before her period because her blood sugars always seem to go up then. She is now up five units more on her morning and night Ultralente. Her blood sugars seem to be great but isn’t 17 Ultralente too much?

June 15, 2000
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My son participates in high school football, wrestling and baseball. The football and wrestling programs both have a regimented lifting program. Our physician suggested using very low weights due to the blood pressure/flow in relationship to his eyes. Should we be concerned with his weightlifting?

June 15, 2000
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I have a 10 year old daughter who has diabetes. I am having a lot of problems with her. It seems she doesn’t even care about her self. My husband and I are very upset with her and afraid. What can we do?

June 15, 2000
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My brother, aged 14, has Type 1 diabetes. I was curious about a possible cause from a virus. What can we do to replace his exercise so that his sugars stay normal?

June 15, 2000
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I have a 11 year old son. He has Type 1 diabetes, diagnosed about 3 years ago. I was wondering if there was something we could do about him having so much gas and what do about his breath. Is diabetes the cause of it?

June 15, 2000
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Will the mesh placed when an abdominal hernia repair was done interfere with insulin absorption if injections are done in the abdomen?

June 15, 2000
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I have a 9 year old son who is about 20 pounds overweight. He was diagnosed with hyperinsulinaemia last year. He is still gaining weight and the dark line around the back of his neck and dark pigmentation under his arms is getting more pronounced. I am having a hard time finding any information on this and am not sure how to handle it.

June 12, 2000
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