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I have just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I was told I failed my 1 hour test, so I had to take the 3 hour test. Can you test too early? I was tested at 18 weeks.

My 7 year old daughter has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes for about 3.5 years. She is on lispro and Ultralente insulins. She says the Ultralente burns when it is injected by itself. She says it hurts less when the Ultralente is mixed with a few units of lispro (when needed). Is this common?

My daughter who is 5 years old was diagnosed 7 months ago with type 1. I was wondering when do children with diabetes get to start using the insulin pump? I thought it was just for adults but I guess I was wrong.

My husband takes Lente Iletin I (beef-pork) and Regular Iletin I (beef-pork), both of which are being discontinued. What type of insulin would be a compatible substitute for each?

My 17 year old daughter, of Latin descent, has always had a “rusty” neck. She scrubs and scrubs and cannot get it to go away. I recently saw a special on television that indicated this could be a pre-diabetes condition. Have you ever seen any research on this condition?

At 4 days old, my son was diagnosed with “transient diabetes of the newborn”. I have not been able to find anyone to explain to me what it is and why it happened.

Our 12 3/4 year old son has had one mild diabetic seizure and 2 pretty full blown seizures in the past few days. Can you give us any information on why these seizures occur and how they can be prevented?

What low blood sugar reading is considered to be low-severe versus that which is low-moderate for a young child?

My daughter is 11 1/2 and had diabetes for 9 1/2 years. Twice within the past month she has complained of a severe headache and I have tested her blood sugar and she was somewhat low. Is it possible that these are migraine headaches?

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