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My three year old son has had type 1 diabetes diagnosed at age 17 months, I have just checked my seven year old child (who does not have diabetes), and got a blood glucose reading that was very high. I also tested her urine for ketones, but she was negative for this. Would she have ketones if she was developing diabetes?

November 11, 2002
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I have a seizure disorder, and after each seizure, I am tired, and my blood glucose level is low. Can low blood sugar be a cause of my seizures? Can I fix this? How?

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I work for an home health agency and care for a 10 year old girl who has child onset diabetes and Bardet-Biedl syndrome whose blood sugar levels fluctuate quite frequently. How do Bardet-Biedl syndrome and diabetes interact? Are problems with diabetes more severe? what complications could arise from the two disorders interacting with one another?

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My 18 year old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes which I can’t understand because she is grossly overweight. She is a 1200 calorie diet and takes the same doses of insulin every day without carb counting. Can this be type 1 diabetes? Doesn’t she need to match calories to carbs?

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About five months before my three year old daughter’s diagnosis, I took a short course of prednisone for severe inflammation. My memory is that my daughter had finished nursing by then, but I might have. Is it possible, if I did nurse her, that there was still enough prednisone in my body to cause my three year old daughter’s diabetes?

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I have had type 1 diabetes for 10 years along with rheumatoid arthritis, and over the course of the last year, I’ve developed numbness of my hand. However, my rheumatologist and my endocrinologist disagree as whether or not this is diabetic neuropathy. Is there some way to get to the bottom of what is causing the numbness?

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Our nearly 10 year old daughter was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a week ago, and in trying to come to terms with this and understand, my husband and I are having some disagreements. My husband keeps saying all she needs to do is to lose weight, exercise, and she will beat this, but I keep trying to tell him this is a life-long illness. Can you give me some help?

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My nephew recently passed out while driving his car due to high blood sugar. He continues to eat candy and cookies and has again passed out this time at work. What can I due after he wakes up from passing out to get his blood sugar down to normal? Do I give him juice or carbs or what? I am very concerned and want to help.

November 11, 2002
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Because of financial problems, almost all of our patients use visual blood glucose test strips. How reliable is this compared to a glucose meter or a lab sugar?

November 11, 2002
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My six and a half year old niece was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes early this week. I know my sister is going to take the best care humanly possible of her little girl. Even with the best care, is it possible that this illness can be uncontrollable?

November 6, 2002
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