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My 15 year old son (diabetic since 4 years old) has extreme thigh pain. He has had 2 MRI’S, X-ray’s, and a bone scan. Could this be neuropathy?

I am a 43 year old female with type 1 for 30 years. I have a question concerning rebounding. Often when I expect my sugar to be somewhat low I find at testing that it is 10-12 mmol/l [180-216 mg/dl]. Could those “highs” be some form of rebounding or what is else causing them?

I am ten years old and have type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was 6 years old. How come you need to take shots in the arm, belly, butt, and stomach?

I appreciated your earlier reply to a question about the safety of syringe and lancet reuse where you listed references, however, all of the references were about insulin reuse, not lancet reuse. What is your source for safe lancet reuse?

I would like to know the side effects and complications in Type 1 diabetics who smoke marihuana.

My 14 year old daughter has had diabetes since she was 7 years old. Her weight is 48 kg. She takes 62 units of insulin. Is her dose high? She continues to have high sugars.

Please, can you explain me my 5 year old nephew’s GTT results? All urine glucose were negative. He had a former 2 hour postprandial blood sugar value of 116. He is not diagnosed yet. Does this results mean he is diabetic?

My grandson started to show signs of diabetes by 3 years of age. We took him to the diabetic specialist. And after the consultation and test he was diagnosed as being hypoglycemic. He does not want to eat and also his father nags him about his diet to the point of rebellion, I am sure.

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