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Diagnosis and Symptoms

I took my four year old daughter to the ER when her blood sugar tested high on a home monitor and she was tired and sweaty. Tests done there did not specifically indicate diabetes and the doctors said the sweating was an indication of something other than diabetes. What do you think of her situation?

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My son has been labeled with type 1.5 diabetes by his diabetes specialist because he has the problems of both types. He has three of the antibodies for type 1. I have several questions.

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My blood sugar doesn’t have to get very low for me to start seizing, and I was told that I was producing more insulin than seen in a 700-pound person. Is there something I can do for this? Is there a reason why my body is producing so much insulin?

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When I took my daughter to the pediatrician for a UTI, they found sugar in her urine. At the ER, her blood sugar was normal so she was not admitted. What would cause her to have sugar in her urine and a relatively normal blood sugar level? Could the sugar be from her UTI or high sugar breakfast?

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My four year old son had some high blood sugars on my meter. We had labs drawn within a few days and his chem panel was normal, as was his A1c. I just got his antibody studies back and the islet cell and insulin antibodies were negative. His C-peptide was normal. If the GAD comes back normal, does that mean he definitely does not and will not have diabetes?

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I am concerned that we should have my son tested for diabetes. There is no diabetes in my family, and his father was adopted so no family history is known.

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I pay child support for my 10 year old daughter who had some tests done (comprehensive metabolic panel, cortisone serum, growth hormone, insulin serum, T4 total, TSH, and C-peptide). but her mom will not disclose the nature of her illness to me. Can you please tell me what illness she might have been being screened for?

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Diagnosed with type 1 one and a half years ago, I have been having a lot of lows, so I reduced my Lantus and NovoLog and didn’t have highs. Could there be another cause for this unexpected improvement or, do you believe it likely that I was misdiagnosed?

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My wife has been drinking and urinating to excess and was started on desmopressin nasal spray which reduced this significantly, but she still has the headache problems. An MRI of the pituitary was normal, and her vision is okay. Is this due to the medicine or some electrolyte imbalance in the body? What should we do?

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My daughter has type 1 diabetes, we tested my son for antibodies, and his results came back worse than my daughter’s.The endocrinologist has said he is likely to develop type 1 diabetes in the next two to five years, but there is no real proof. Why did my child who has not developed diabetes have worse antibody results than my child who did?

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