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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My nine year old granddaughter eats ice all day long.I seem to remember reading or hearing that constant consumption of ice is a symptom of possible diabetes. Is there anything to this ice equals diabetes thing? Should I advise my daughter to have her tested?

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I have two sons with Type 1 diabetes. Recently in our local paper we saw an article about an 11-year-old girl diagnosed with “a rare form of sudden-onset juvenile diabetes and she died”. Is this correct?

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What test should I press for if any? Could it be my insulin levels contributing to my symptoms? Should I just be thankful for some relief and just wait until something else happens?

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My daughter is 20 months old. I have had 2 daycare providers tell me they think she may have diabetes. Her symptoms are she is constantly thirsty, she won’t eat much, she vomits sometimes out of the blue, and she gets shaky and real grumpy, like she’s sick.

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My nine year old daughter has had symptoms of shakiness in the legs and headaches almost every day. Her pediatrician ordered a blood test for diabetes that was normal. However, recently, her symptoms seem to have worsened. Could this still be diabetes?

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I had surgery three months ago. My incision has not completely healed and has been infected a few times.. I am aged 47, slightly overweight, five feet two inches tall and have high blood pressure. Diabetes runs in our family. A culture was done three weeks ago. Is this is a pre-diabetes test?

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Is it common for young children, aged eight to ten, to have seizures as a symptom of juvenile diabetes? She doesn’t have any other symptoms, but she really kind of plump and, just recently, began having seizures. We can’t seem to find the cause.

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I have these symptoms: fatigue, extreme thirst, extreme hunger, urinary tract infection around once a month, and frequent urination and bladder control problems. I had kidney problems when I was younger, so could this have something to do with that?

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At age two and a half, my son weighs 54 pounds and is about 3 feet tall. I have noticed that he is constantly thirsty, has begun wanting to eat a lot more than usual. I’m afraid he may be developing type 2 diabetes. Do you think I should inform the doctor or wait and see?

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What are the latest diagnostic criteria for diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance?

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