By
WilD on
March 17, 2012
Diabetes is both painful and a pain to deal with, so it’s no surprise to us that it can affect our body in mysterious ways. In this edition of our diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, our host, veteran type 1 and diabetes community educator, Wil Dubois fills us in on whether or not lows can cause any permanent brain damage (yikes!) and whether cramps are yet another diabetes complication.
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Welcome back to Ask D’Mine, our new diabetes advice column, where just about anything can happen. You never know what your host —veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois — might be taking on this week. Read ahead to find out.
And don’t forget to send us YOUR queries related to life with diabetes.
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