Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) occurs when the sugar (glucose) level in the blood drops below what the body needs to function normally. Some pills for diabetes can cause low blood sugar.
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Because your child has type 1 diabetes, he or she will experience high and low blood sugar levels from time to time. High blood sugar usually develops slowly over hours or days, so you can treat the symptoms before they become sev
Every child experiences type 1 diabetes differently. What they do have in common is that having diabetes will not affect their learning ability or school performance.1
There are no symptoms in the early stages of diabetic nephropathy. The only sign of kidney damage may be small amounts of protein leaking into the urine (microalbuminuria). Normally, protein is not found in urine except during periods
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Treating type 1 diabetes with insulin injections means you may have high and low blood sugar from time to time.
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Your symptoms depend on which complication type 1 diabetes has caused.
Making small changes in your lifestyle could be a big step toward preventing type 2 diabetes.
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