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Diagnosis and Symptoms

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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I am a father of two and four year old girls. My mother has diabetes. I am concerned about my two year old. Someone told us to look up something called “water diabetes.” Not sure if there is even such a thing.

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My 14 tear old son was diagnosed 15 months ago with type 1 diabetes by a doctor who told us there was no chance that his diabetes was reversible or temporary. This week, after new lab tests and following a month of very low blood sugars and no insulin, a different doctor told us that our son is producing insulin. Have you seen similar cases?

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My 4 year old daughter has been diagnosed with ketone hypoglycemia. What can you tell me about this? So far they don’t think she is diabetic. Do you know if there is a connection between the two?

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