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Diagnosis and Symptoms

I was just diagnosed with diabetes, and got my test results to determine if I have type 1 or type 2. Do my results indicate I have type 1 or type 2 diabetes?

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My daughter has had various symptoms, and the first doctor we took her to tested her for diabetes, mono, and urinary tract infection. The second doctor we took her to has ordered x-rays of her stomach, blood work and is referring her to a stomach specialist. Does this sound like symptoms of diabetes?

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My five month old daughter had low blood sugar when she was born, and later testing showed her sugar levels were fine. However, diabetes runs in both sides of our family, and about two weeks ago, my daughter has had episodes where she got the shakes. Is this a sign of diabetes? Could it be something else?

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For two months in a row, my seven year old grandson had sugar in his urine, but the blood test was negative, so they said they want to test his urine monthly. Why would he have sugar in his urine if he doesn’t have diabetes? Could the problem be with his kidneys or some other organ?

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I am a 16 year old who is blacking out, the doctors cannot find out what is wrong with me, and now, I have a test this coming week for diabetes. I am scared about the situation.

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I am a 33 year old female who has had a few urinary tract infections in the past year. Twice, when I went to donate plasma, the doctor told me I had sugar in my urine. Can having a urinary tract infection put sugar in your urine?

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Is it common to have high blood sugar count, get headaches and be cold?

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I am a 22 year old woman, diagnosed with diabetes about nine months ago and treated with glyburide, but my levels appear to be increasing again. I have never been told if I have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and the speculation is that I am in the beginning stages of type 1 diabetes. Where should I go from here in terms of treatments?

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After an episode of DKA, I was originally treated with insulin and pills, but after returning home, I started walking regularly and following a diet so that now I am off medication and my blood glucose readings are usually normal at all times of day and night. I am not sure whether this is type 2 diabetes or type 1 diabetes in a honeymoon phase.

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My six year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year, but his blood sugars have been so good that we stopped the insulin. His A1c has been 5.3% three times this year, and he is not on a diet (enjoying sugar again) and still has sugars of only 130 mg/dl [7.2 mmol/L] or less.

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