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Are there other people that suffer my illness, brittle diabetes?

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Unstable Diabetes: Brittle diabetes is a term used to describe type i diabetics that go into diabetic ketoacidosis (decompensate ) very easily, usually their is a history of being poorly controled over a long period of time, poor support from other family members, female 2:1 male ratio , psychiatric problems and diabetic complications like gastroparesis.

Answered 5/3/2015

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