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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My doctor sent me a note recommending I come back to discuss these test results. The note from the lab said that an A1c over 6% was considered positive for diabetes, but I don’t see that I have any of the risk factors for developing diabetes. Could there be other factors that resulted in my high A1c results that I should be investigating?

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Our four year old son has normal fasting readings on a meter but he had a couple of high ones after meals, and the pediatrician is not concerned. Should I be panicking right now? Should the pediatrician be concerned? If so, how do I get them to do what is appropriate?

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My seven year old daughter had a five-hour GTT done today, and I was just wondering how to interpret her results. From what I can tell, she only had two out of the seven readings that were a little high. Does this mean she has diabetes?

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My daughter’s endocrinologist says that she can’t have diabetes because even though her blood sugar goes over 300 mg/dl [16.7 mmol/L], it goes down without insulin. I thought that the fact that the blood sugars go high meant you have diabetes.

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Diabetes runs in my family, and I have symptoms of diabetes, yet do not have glucose in my urine test. Is it possible to have blood sugar problems with negative urine glucose tests?

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I have a slight problem with glucose tolerance, which over the years it has got gradually worse, and I always feel tired and light headed. Is there anything that I can do that may help control the feelings? Is this a symptom of diabetes or perhaps something else?

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I was initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but after a year and a half it was clear that oral medication/diet failed to control my blood glucose so my diabetes nurse ordered a test to determine whether I really had type 1. What test would have been used? Is this test normally done when diabetes is diagnosed?

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My daughter, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes five months ago, had a 13% A1c at the time of diagnosis. She is twice daily NPH, and her recent A1c tests have been (respectively) 7.5% and now 6.4%. All antibody tests for type 1 and MODY2 diabetes are negative. Is this possibly something other than type 1 in a honeymoon period?

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At the time of diagnosis, the pediatric endocrinologist ruled out type 2 diabetes. However, two years later, the adult endocrinologist did some new tests. The C-peptide was positive and the GAD antibody was negative. He says this means that my son has type 2 diabetes and not type 1. I am wondering about this since my son was never obese, although he was pretty sedentary.

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My two year old daughter was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and I am managing her blood sugar at home now, but lately it seems as though her blood sugars have been low, and when she got sick recently, I did not give her any Insulin and her blood sugars were normal. Could she just be going through her honeymoon period?

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