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Diagnosis and Symptoms

I’m visiting the doctor in a few days to get tested for diabetes and a few other things. I just wanted to get the help of as many professionals as possible. What do you make of my symptoms?

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My son has been chronically ill for a year. Two years ago he began to have frequent urination with excessive thirst that was monumental. His pediatrician check urine samples twice, and he thought my son was borderline. A year ago, urine and blood tests revealed nothing. Could it be possible he has some form of diabetes?

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Since I have type 2 diabetes, I own a glucose meter so I recently measured my mother (who is in her early seventies) after an evening meal, and her reading was almost 12 mmol/L [216 mg/dl]. She says she does not feel unusually thirsty, or anything else like that. I have gently suggested that she mention it to her doctor, but I don’t think she will unless I say something more definite. What should I tell her about the implications of this measurement?

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My four year old daughter recently has developed what looks like “wear” on her fingertips. Is this any type of known symptom for an illness?

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I am trying to find some information for one of the parents in my support group. At the age of 1 1/2, she found out that her daughter’s pancreas was not growing. She was told that her daughter was diabetic, but is controlled by diet.

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I have a 10 year old son with type 1 diabetes since age five. My youngest son is now six and appears to drink excessively, tire easily, and he even had an “accident” this morning which prompted me to test his glucose after breakfast. Should this prompt me to have him tested further? What kind of testing would be done?

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My five year old daughter is always very tired in the mornings even after 10-11 hours sleep. She can get going if she has something sweet or a carbonated drink. Does this sound like a blood sugar related problem?

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My 3 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with diabetes. Her HbA1c was 17.2. Her hospital admission blood sugar was 900, but she was negative for ketones. How is this possible?

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My son has shown high levels of sugar in two urine tests which were days apart. I believe that my husband has renal glucosuria. The doctor wants to go through the “steps”. How would you suggest we proceed to have this situation evaluated in light of the family history?

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A friend told me that there were key indicators in sub-tests of the fasting test that most doctors do not look for that are indicative of a pre-diabetic condition. Are there any publications that I can turn to for information on these tests?

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