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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My sister, who is in her 40s and overweight, had a trace amount of sugar in her urine. Is this an indicator of diabetes?

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My teen son has symptoms of hypoglycemia during gym class and migraines during sports. Should he get blood work to rule out diabetes?

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I had two glucose tolerance tests with elevated blood sugars, but an endocrinologist said my case wasn’t “that bad.” What should I be eating? Is my tachycardia related to my blood sugar?

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At her check-up, my daughter had sugar in her urine, but a normal blood sugar. What could cause this? Is another urine test the right thing to do?

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My son, who does not have diabetes, recently had an elevated blood sugar. What should I do? The local hospital isn’t the best and my endocrinologist is four hours away. What should a non-diabetics blood sugar be?

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At a recent doctor’s visit, my three year old’s blood sugar was 215 mg/dl [11.9 mmol/L]. The doctor sent her blood for antibody testing. Does she have type 1 or not? If not, why else would she have sugar in her urine?

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When he was diagnosed two weeks ago, my three year old had an elevated A1c, ketones, and no GAD antibodies. Wouldn’t the antibodies be negative anyway since we don’t know when onset was? The doctor thinks he has MODY, not type 1.

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In 2000, I was diagnosed with type 2. Now, since my second pregnancy, the doctor said I have type 1 based on my C-peptide results. I am very insulin resistant and get sick a lot. Is this common with type 2s who get pregnant? Do they stop producing insulin?

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Although she has no excessive thirst or urination, my daughter has lost weight. No obvious causes were found. Could she still have diabetes even though it is not showing up on a test?

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After I had trouble rousing my son, I took him to the E.R. where they gave him Pepsi. Blood work indicated an elevated blood sugar, which could have been from the Pepsi. Should I be concerned that he may have diabetes?

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