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Sick Days

Recently, my mother, who has had diabetes for over 20 years, has been very sick, and average blood sugar levels have been very high. She is to go back to her doctor in a week, but should we be concerned about the high blood sugars?

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We were told to take our son, who has type 1 diabetes, to the emergency room if he vomits. How do we handle this if we take him on a cruise?

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My dad ended up in the hospital severely dehydrated. The doctor is giving him a sliding scale of insulin, and no one is saying why his sugar goes so high and then so low. Do any sugar related problems go along with dehydration or old age? Can you shed any light on this situation?

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If my son were ever to need to have emergency surgery i.e., appendectomy, what do I need to know about how his blood sugar would need to be managed?

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My 75 year old aunt, who has type 2 diabetes, has a broken bone in her foot. What should someone with diabetes consider with a broken bone? Does the healing process take longer? Is a conventional approach to healing the bone practical?

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My son, who has had type 1 diabetes since the age of nine, has tight congestion in his chest from the flu, and he has never encountered has condition. Since he has no insurance, he doesn’t want to go to the doctor or emergency room. What can he take to loosen the tightness in his chest?

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When someone with type 1 is ill, not eating, and having lower blood sugars, do you still need to give them insulin?

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Can I give my son ondansetron for upset stomach and vomiting?

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I’ve been sick for about a week and have noticed that my blood sugar has been really high. Is this because I’ve been sick, laying around a lot, sleeping, or something else?

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The pediatrician said that my daughter will always be more prone to illness because diabetes is an autoimmune disease, but I thought that it just caused her immune system to attack its own islet cells and did not think it had anything to do with susceptibility to illness.

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