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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My son has had hyperglycemia since birth. His A1c is mostly normal, even though he takes no insulin. The doctor wants us to test his blood sugar less than the current three times a day. What is your opinion? Could this be a long honeymoon?

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At birth, my son’s blood sugar was low. Was his diabetes caused by this or the medication I took while pregnant? When do I need to worry about complications?

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There are days when I drink and eat a lot, but I have no other symptoms of diabetes. I do have relatives with type 2. Could I have diabetes?

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Using my mom’s meter, my daughter had an elevated blood sugar. At the doctor’s, her blood sugar was normal. Can someone’s blood sugar shoot up, then fall before a doctor can catch it?

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Recently, when my younger son was ill, I noticed his fruity breath so I checked his blood sugar. It was 200 mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L], but the doctor said just to watch for urine glucose. Are elevated blood sugars normal for sick children? Should he have an antibody test?

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My son has the symptoms of diabetes and often spikes high blood sugars. But, they always come down on their own. What could this be? He has been seen by an endocrinologist who cannot determine what is going on.

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With a very high blood sugar, my son was said to be in DKA. I.V. insulin brought down his blood sugar, but the pediatrician said it’s not diabetes because his A1c was normal. My son is still sleepy and not acting normally. Can an illness cause such a high blood sugar? What is your opinion?

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Since my son’s earlier high blood sugar with ketones, I have monitored him at home. What do you think of his blood sugars? Could this be an early phase of diabetes?

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My youngest son has type 1 and I tested positive for GAD-65. What is the chance I will develop type 1? Is there some way to prevent it?

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Symptomatic for diabetes since March, our daughter’s fasting blood sugar was slightly elevated and she tested negative for antibodies. If it’s not diabetes, what else could it be? How should we proceed?

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