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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My two and a half year old son has been diagnosed with tremors which occur at all times of the day usually worse when waking from sleep. I was wondering if this might be caused by diabetes or something else.

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Since diabetes runs in my family, as a precautionary method we frequently test ourselves on a home monitor, and my four year old’s blood sugar was 215 mg/dl [11.9 mmol/L]. However, we did notice after we had done it that strip was outdated. Will that affect the result great deal?

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Since she was three, my now seven year old daughter has passed out about five times in the early morning before eating for not apparent reason, but the last time we took her to the hospital they said her blood sugar was low. They got her some juice, but nothing else was ever said about it. Heart and seizure problems have been ruled out. Should we be more concerned about the low blood sugar?

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One night my seven year old son asked to have his blood sugar checked which was 161mg/dl [8.9 mmol/L]. After dinner, I checked it again and it was 395 mg/dl [21.9 mmol/L], 20 minutes later it was 259 mg/dl [14.1 mmol/L], and his fasting the next morning was 100 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L]. Can a child’s blood sugar go this high without having diabetes?

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My four and one-half year old had a reading of 145 mg/dl [8.1 mmol/L] at 4 pm one afternoon. He has had blood in his urine for about six months now and on two urine tests had ketones. The pediatrician did a blood test (the one that checks the reading for the past month) and said nothing was abnormal. Should I have him re-tested?

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I am 14 years old. I was researching diabetes and I have some of the symptoms and I wanted to know if this is normal for a 14 year old or am I at risk for diabetes?

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My 5 year old daughter has elevated blood sugars, mostly at night (250 – 400) and shows no signs or symptoms of diabetes. We were wondering if she could have an infection of some type causing this or something else causing the sugars to be elevated.

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I am 25 years old, and about six months ago, I was diagnosed with diabetes and would like some help translating lab results. My blood sugar was 750 mg/dl [41.2 mmol/L], my urine and blood were positive for ketones (but I was not in ketoacidosis). Can you please explain if the results are negative/positive and what they mean?

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I have a 4 year old child who urinates once every 60 to 90 minutes during the day. Should I be concerned?

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What are the possible consequences of late diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in an infant?

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