anyone know what "brittle diabetes" is?

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Registered: 02-06-2004
anyone know what "brittle diabetes" is?
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Mon, 04-19-2004 - 12:58pm
I was reading a post on another BB. The author said his dr diagnosed him with "brittle diabetes". I have never heard of that before. He mentioned too that his blood sugars were "swinging". The responses indicated that others knew what he was talking about. Anyone here know what that is?
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Registered: 01-06-2001
Mon, 04-19-2004 - 5:22pm
Brittle diabetes: A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from low to high. Also called "unstable diabetes" or "labile diabetes."