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Diagnosis and Symptoms

Is it possible that my son’s diagnosis with type 1 at age six is related to the AIDS preventive therapy he took at age two?

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I currently seeing a 35 year old healthy black woman who was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by her primary care physician. The doctor’s recommendation is to start oral medications, but I am wondering if she really has type 2 diabetes as he suspects. Are there other tests she should have? Are there certain medications that might work better than others?

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How much is considered “excessive thirst?” My toddler drinks 50 to 60 ounces of water daily.

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Although his blood sugar was 560 mg/dl [31.1 mmol/L] at diagnosis, my nephew is now taking less than five units of insulin daily. Could he have type 1b? Can he ever be taken off insulin?

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How early can type 1 diabetes present itself? How do they test a child under/around one year? The triage nurse at the local clinic suspects my 11 month old might have diabetes.

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Our son has always had unusual reactions to certain foods. We are awaiting the results of some blood tests. Should we be concerned about diabetes or hypoglycemia?

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I was given a prescription for prednisone, but told to check first to see if I have diabetes. My fasting blood sugar was slightly high. Should I get retested? What kind of diet should I follow? What kind of doctor do I see? What type of diabetes do I have?

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My son’s blood sugar was 138 mg/dl [7.7 mmol/L] random and 95 mg/dl [5.3 mmol/L] fasting when I took him to have his fourth boil examined. Why such a difference in his blood sugar? Why does he keep having boils?

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I was diagnosed with type 2 with an elevated blood sugar and 10.6 A1c. A week later, my blood sugar was normal and my A1c 10.0. Is there another explanation for the high A1c? Should I have a glucose tolerance test?

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My son, diagnosed with type 1, had negative antibodies, therefore non-autoimmune diabetes. So, are there treatments other than insulin? His younger sister tested normal. What are the chances she will develop diabetes?

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