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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My son’s doctor doesn’t seemed concerned about the possibility of diabetes and said that the test that could determine if he has it, the Hemoglobin A1c is not covered by Medicaid; so basically I have to wait for symptoms. Is there anything I can do now to prevent diabetes from happening? I don’t want to have to wait for my son to be in a coma to know if he has it or not.

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One of my students has symptoms consistent with diabetes and his mother insisted on a glucose tolerance test, but the boy refused to drink the solution. The doctor is now telling her that there is nothing to be done because there is no other way to diagnose diabetes. There has to be another way to solve this problem.What else can she do?

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I have never been tested for diabetes, but I do know that it runs in my family. I get very thirsty, drink a lot in a day, and go to the bathroom a lot. I feel tired a lot also and don’t have very much energy at all. I don’t have much energy at all, I get very nauseated a lot also, and I have deep and rapid breathing at times. Is this something I should bring to my doctor’s attention?

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My boyfriend recently had a urine test for diabetes and it was negative. Does that completely rule out diabetes? Is the urine test an accurate test?

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For the last four years, I have experienced a small lump just under my right rib cage, about an inch down from where my rib meets the sternum. I suffer constipation at least twice a week, in the last year, I have lost 20 pounds and seem to be fatigued during the day. Could this be a pancreatic cyst? Could this be a gall bladder situation?

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My seven year old daughter has just recently started to want to have water with her more than usual, and I have noticed her stating she is still hungry at times after just eating. Do the symptoms of diabetes all occur at one time, or can one or two occur first, then other symptoms follow?

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My almost eight year old son has been a bed wetter and daytime wetter since potty training, but multiple tests on his bladder/kidneys have shown no problems. He has had two blood sugar done both of which were low. and the doctor says that this is how type 1 diabetes sometimes begins (extremely low levels before the levels sky-rocket).

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At a routine check-up, our daughter had an elevated blood sugar. At the ER, she was tested and the doctors said she might have pre-diabetes. How do we determine if she has diabetes or not? Could that one high blood sugar have been caused by stress?

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My 16 month old grandson has been having some problems lately that I’m concerned about, and something clicked in my woman’s intuition and said to check out diabetes. How on earth can you diagnose a 16 month old for diabetes? What would the symptoms in a 16 month old who can’t communicate what is bothering him be?

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My almost eight year daughter is on Glucophage XL to help with her weight. I have been checking some glucose levels, and her fasting, two hour after breakfast, and two hour after dinner are all within normal range, but, each day, her two hour post lunch blood sugars seem high. Do you have any ideas as to what could be causing these raises? Should I be concerned?

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