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I have an 8 year old daughter who weighs about 43 pounds (fully dressed). She has been having a lot of trouble being very tried, drinking all the time, and going to the restroom very often. Also, she complains of being dizzy, having headaches a lot and very shaky hands. What does this mean?

June 5, 2000
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I took my 4 year old son to the doctor due to his excessive thirst and urination during the day and throughout the night. Our doctor did a urine sample and it showed no sugar in the urine at all. He said it was very unusual to have no sugar in the urine.

June 5, 2000
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Do they sell extra strips that test your glucose meter and if so could you tell me where? Because I kind of misplaced mine.

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Uncooked cornstarch is the ingredient in Nitebite that keeps the blood sugar level normal for extended time periods. Why can’t I add uncooked cornstarch to my own foods to keep the level up, 5 to 6 hours later?

June 5, 2000
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I would like to have information about neonatal diabetes mellitus, transient diabetes of the newborn. I am a post graduate attached to the Institute of Child Health-Madras. There have been reports of just one case of neonatal diabetes in the past 10 years.

June 5, 2000
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Why do people always joke on me when I have a sugar attack? It hurts when laugh at me. Why do they do that?

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Our 16 year old daughter has diabetes for 9 years now. At present, antibodies have been found (early stage) in the thyroid and we are wondering what medication/treatment is done in this respect and whether there is a possibility to stop this at this early stage?

June 4, 2000
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I have diabetes, and am interested in additional information on treatment and side effects of medication. Also risk factors for Type 2 diabetes. Would like to know what is the proper sugar level rating (what is too high and too low).

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I have been hearing a lot about this new idea of someone being insulin resistant. Along with this people are saying that they are “addicted” to carbohydrates and are therefore cutting them out of their diet. This does not make sense to me. I have had diabetes for 7 years and am wondering if there is any truth to these ideas.

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A relative suffered severe trauma to his pancreas and spleen in an automobile accident and had to have his spleen and a large part of his pancreas removed. Immediately afterwards he developed diabetes.

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