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Diagnosis and Symptoms

I was doing some research on diabetes for my husband who was recently diagnosed when I came across information pertaining to children with diabetes. We tested our children with our home testing kit, my three year old registered 157 mg/dl [8.7 mmol/L] and my eight year old was 142 mg/dl [7.9 mmol/L], both of which were higher than my reading. Is this normal? How do you determine what is a good level for them?

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My 15 year old daughter has had two episodes of hypoglycemia symptoms (shaking, weakness), and her doctor ordered a three-hour GTT which showed although her blood sugar levels were normal throughout, she still had sugar in her urine. Could impending puberty be the cause?

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I have type 2 diabetes and have noticed that my 13 year old daughter seems to drink also urinate a lot. What glucose level is normal if I test her with my home glucose meter? How long should she fast before and how long after a meal should she wait before testing?

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My 11 year old daughter has been suffering with terrible headaches, fatigue, nausea, and shakiness for many months now. Her doctor ordered full blood work, and her sugar was slightly low, so he suggested six small meals per day. Is there anything else I can do?

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I’m a 14 year old girl who has not been diagnosed with diabetes, but I’ve got some symptoms. My doctor said that I don’t have diabetes, but my blood glucose level is sometimes very high. Is it possible that I’ll get diabetes in the future?

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My almost eight year old son who has a nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, has been on Moduretic, and recently had an abnormal A1c and GTT. How can we decide if my child has diabetes mellitus or not? Shall we do the same tests after stopping the Moduretic treatment? Can the high blood sugar level because of Moduretic?

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Does this sound as if it could be diabetes?

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I am 46 year old man diagnosed with hypothyroidism two years ago which is being treated, and, last month I started checking my blood glucose level. Based on the readings, do I have type 2 diabetes?

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I am a 24 year old female with no family history of diabetes, I exercise every morning, am not overweight, and I have none of the symptoms associated with diabetes. However, I had blood tests done, and I was told that I had borderline diabetes. This was supposedly based on an A1c of 6.1%. My blood glucose was completely normal and my urine glucose was negative. Is there any possibility that this test could be related to something else?

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My seven year old son seems to go to the bathroom three or four times in an hour from time to times, and when I checked his blood sugar with my meter, forty-five minutes after he had eaten a tuna sandwich, It was normal.

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