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Diagnosis and Symptoms

I am a white male 50 years old with a heart condition and no family history of any type of diabetes. Can taking a beta blocker cause type 2 diabetes?

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My eight-year-old granddaughter complains of excessive dryness of the feet requiring frequent wetting. I have Type 2 diabetes and as her other grandmother has Type 1. Could this be a symptom of diabetes?

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I had my annual exam and showed very high levels of sugar in my urine. I had not eaten any sweets for days. They sent me down to the lab for a diabetes test. They said I did not have diabetes, but never clarified if I should be doing anything about the sugar in my urine. Should I be tested again?

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I took my 4 year old to the doctor for what I thought was a bladder infection. The urinalysis came back with no infections but sugar was in the urine. The blood test showed his blood sugar to be 157. The doctor called it ketoacidosis. Could there be a possibility he has diabetes?

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My 19 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 3 months ago. She attends college 500 miles away from home and the internist that is treating her at college ordered an islet cell antibody test. The results were negative but I am unable to find out why they ran this test and what a negative result means.

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My 10 year old daughter recently had a GTT and her 30 minute reading was at 190. Our doctor says that she would like for her to see a pediatric endocrinologist because she may have insulin resistance.

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My five year son has been urinating very frequently for about a week and a half.. He sleeps all night, he doesn’t have excessive thirst. I have been working with our small town hospital and I have been told to get him tested for diabetes. I don’t believe he fits the requirements for a diabetes test. Am I wrong?

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My nine year old daughter has been having seizure-like episodes for the past three years. Diabetes runs in both my family and my husband’s. We checked her blood sugar with a home device after a seizure. What is normal for a child? If she had diabetes, could that make her have the seizures?

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My 26 month old son has been having all the symptoms of diabetes. Since I have type 2 diabetes myself, I started testing my son and found his blood sugars to be high, but when I took him to the doctor, it was low. I don’t understand why the highs and lows are so unpredictable.

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I am 13 years old, have had hyperglycemia since I was three years old, and I want to know if it is possible or certain that I have diabetes. I need to find a way to help me with my symptoms because I become extremely depressed very often. I have never spoken to a doctor about my condition or diabetes and don’t believe my mother or father know how serious hyperglycemia can be.

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