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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My adopted daughter has several medical/psychological issues. Showing some symptoms of diabetes, I had her tested at the state fair. Her blood sugar was 132 mg/dl [7.3 mmol/L]. At the doctor’s office, her fasting blood sugar was normal. What is your opinion?

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After consuming a glucose drink, my daughter’s blood glucose was elevated, then normal. She is thought to be honeymooning. Because she is asymptomatic, could she have something other than diabetes?

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In 2009, my daughter, who has two siblings with type 1, tested negative for antibodies, but recently had a random high blood sugar and has tested positive for GAD-65. Will she definitely develop diabetes?

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My daughter (one-year-old at the time) presented in the ER with a blood sugar of 36 mg/dl, and ketones in her blood. They gave her glucose via IV, and her blood sugar jumped to 200 mg/dl. She was fighting the flu, and was also dehydrated. What could all of this mean?

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How do I know if my son has Hypoglycemia?

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Both my dad and I have type 1. Though asymptomatic, my toddler daughter seems to have blood sugar spikes with certain foods, such as grapes. She is overweight. Is her weight causing the spikes? Should I be concerned that she is showing signs of type 1? What should I do?

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I have not been diagnosed with diabetes, but have been borderline all my life. The other night I had a very scary episode. The doctor told me that the my urine sugar was high which could indicate diabetes.

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I am 37 years old and 18 weeks pregnant with my fifth child. I’m considering home-birth if I can’t get the current care-givers to agree to an alternate and more normal method of testing blood sugar. than the glucose tolerance test. Any advice or other alternative testing procedures that I could present?

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Do the newest guidelines for the diagnosis of diabetes apply to children as well as adults? At what age can the adult criteria be applied to adolescents?

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My brother is 13 years old and was diagnosed type 1 diabetes 3 months ago. Except for high sugar level, he doesn’t have any symptoms of having diabetes. Is this a common thing at that period?

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