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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My husband had a high sugar level along with double vision, and the hospital put it down to diabetes, but didn’t say it was definite. He has been taking insulin injections, has lowered his blood count, and is eating a sensible diet. Will he be on insulin for ever? I don’t think so because he has not got any other symptoms.

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I am 26 years old, one-quarter Native American, I have a BMI of 37, I had gestational diabetes. I have a family history of type 2 diabetes and had developed borderline hypoglycemia when I was 18 years old. Which test should I suggest my doctor do to determine if I have type 2 diabetes?

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My daughter was born without a thyroid. They test her once a year for her sugar. Can an infection cause your sugar levels to act funny? For the last three weeks, I have been checking her sugar. It has been as low as 33 and as high as 224, sometimes in the say day.

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Does constant boils mean diabetes?

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My son’s C-peptide is within normal range and he tests negative to antibodies every time. For a while is doctor had him on pills, but after a time took him off the pills, and his now on Lantus with Humalog. Should we be requesting he be treated as someone with type 2 diabetes and have him on pills instead of insulin?

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I crave sweet foods. When I went off sweet junk foods for a year and a half, none of this happened.

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When I mention blood work, my five year daughter panics and also gets very upset at the site of her own blood! Is there a test that can be done to diagnose diabetes (i.e., urine test) that is less invasive than a blood test? Help!

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For several months before I was diagnosed and went on oral medication, I was experiencing hot flushing that came in short waves of just a few minutes duration many times during my waking hours. Was this ‘flushing’ a symptom of the diabetes? It stopped when I started on the medication.

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During all three of my pregnancies, I had gestational diet controlled diabetes, and I do have a family history of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. During the past year, I have had blood sugars as high as 200 mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L] which can quickly drop (at four to five hours after a meal) to 50-70 mg/dl [2.8-3.9 mmol/L]. Is this something I should worry about?

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My daughter is overweight, her dad is on insulin, and she had a blood sugar of 188 mg/dl [10.4 mmol/L] with sugar in her urine when I took her to the doctor. What does all this mean? Should I be concerned? How high does her sugar have to be?

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