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Diagnosis and Symptoms

Our six year old son has had seizure-like shaking and sweating at night. My husband was diagnosed with diabetes less than a year ago and has a machine, so we checked my son’s blood sugar in the morning once a couple of months ago after he had a bad night with those symptoms, and it was on the high side. Could this be diabetes?

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My grandson was diagnosed with epilepsy after having a long seizure. During this time his blood glucose level was 400. He is on Lamictal. I caught him as he was starting to have a seizure his blood glucose level was 40. I gave him a drink of Pepsi and it stopped immediately. Could the Lamictal raise the blood glucose levels some?

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Hi, I am 16 years old, and I am not a diagnosed diabetic, but I have a lot of symptoms for diabetes mellitus. I also have what the endocrinologist calls acanthosis nigricans, which surprised me. So really, I need to do something like get tested for diabetes, but I have no way to mentally get to the point of going back to the endo. What can I do?

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Since my son has type 1 diabetes, my non-diabetic daughter enjoys testing her blood glucose. She is often very high. Her A1c test was 4.9 and she had low readings following a glucose tolerance test. Am I paranoid because of my son or is there something going on with her?

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Is it normal that a non-diabetic person’s blood glucose levels go up past the normal range when they eat a high carbohydrate meal?

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How long does it take to see stable blood sugars after diagnosis? My daughter has perfect vision since diagnosis; is this temporary or permanent?

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My toddler has had intermittent hyperglycemia and ketones, but negative GAD and ICA. Recently, his blood sugars have been somewhat high. How do we know if he has diabetes or not?

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I have a young boy with swings in his blood sugars. His mother has been testing him since the endocrinologist did not have a definitive diagnosis. He now has headaches, nausea and vomiting. What could be going on?

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I have had a variety of symptoms for years, including thirst, frequent urination, headaches, fatigue, etc. Home glucose tests seem to indicate hypoglycemia, but the doctor said I had did not have diabetes or hyplogycemia. What do you think could be going on?

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My young son was diagnosed with type 1 when he went to the doctor for pain in his penis. We control his diabetes through diet. His higher blood sugars come down on their own. The pain persists. Why is this?

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