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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My five year old son has been on a diet for about nine months, but he continues to gain weight (about 35 pounds in a year and a half). His doctor checked his thyroid which was fine, and they blood tests for diabetes and the fat gene. Is it possible for a child to have all the symptoms of diabetes, but instead of weight loss, weight gain?

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My 17 year old girlfriend, of South Indian origin, has some problems. I can not tell if her’s might be caused by diabetes. If they might be, perhaps I can convince her to go to a doctor for a more specified diagnosis, but now she’s just scared.

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My nine year old son has brown raised patches on his neck under his ears that i have been trying to wash off with no success. I read an article that indicated that these patches could be associated with insulin levels. Can you point me in the right direction?

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I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, but a doctor recently told me that I was probably misdiagnosed and that I have had type 2 diabetes. If it is, and I lost a lot of weight, is there a chance at all I could stop the shots?

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We lived 30 days in an environment with a lot of pesticides. During that time, my son and I tired easily, and a doctor suspected diabetes. My son has had fasting blood sugars of 69 and 111 mg/dl [69 and 6.2 mmol/L] on my meter. Does he have diabetes? Can pesticides cause temporary diabetes?

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Is it anything to worry about if your son has borderline diabetes? I have not been around it so I don’t know much about it. Would you please help me?

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My doctor said that my blood sugars followed a diabetic curve and that I may be suffering from a real case of hypoglycemia. My mother, grandmother, grandfather and three uncles all have diabetes. Is my hypoglycemia just a precursor to diabetes?

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My nine year old daughter had a two-hour after lunch blood sugar of 164 mg/dl [9.1 mmol/L] on a meter, had some ketones in her urine, and the doctor wants to do a first morning urine test. Is there any reason why ketones might be in her urine other than diabetes? Is it okay to keep using urine to test for diabetes? Should I ask for a glucose tolerance test on her?

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I am 50 years old, I have had hypoglycemia since age 21, and I have chronic pancreatitis. My mother died of diabetes. What are my chances of developing diabetes?

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I’m worried about my four year old son who is pale and has lost five pounds in the last month. The doctors found sugar and ketones in his urine test, but doesn’t seem worried about this at all. I’m don’t know what all this means, and there is a history of diabetes in my family (My father and grandmother both have diabetes. My grandmother died because of it.). Should I be worried?

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