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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My daughter is three and one-half years old. Over the last week and a half, she has been unusually thirsty and tired during the day. She has wet the bed every night this week. We have several family members with type 1. The doctor did a urine dipstick, which was negative for sugar, but positive for protein. Could this be some kind of early diabetes?

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Last year during my scheduled doctor’s visit my blood sugar was at 121. This year I went back and he called and left word that my level was at 348. Could it be possible that two days after a 3 hour dental appointment with Novocaine or some type of drug it could have made a spike like this?

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Our three year old grandson had a ketone smell on his breath, and when his blood sugar was tested by his grandfather, who has diabetes, it showed 16.3 mmol/L [293 mg/dl](4 to 8 mmol/L [72 to 144 mg/dl] normal). Five hours later at the hospital his blood sugar was 4 mmol/L (72 mg/dl). Does diabetes develop slowly in a child? Could his pancreas be working at times and then not?

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What is the percentage of children newly diagnosed with diabetes are under the age of two?

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In response to a my recent question, one of the doctors said that it sounded like my son has ketotic hypoglycemia. He has also had some high blood sugars, but his doctor says everything is normal. Everyone seems to have conflicting opinions, and I’d like to hear an answer from an endocrinologist who deals with this kind of stuff on a day to day basis.

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I have a family history of diabetes, and my daughter has had multiple high blood sugar levels.During a kidney infection they said they saw sugar and a trace of ketones in her urine but no bacteria. The doctors said stress and sickness could raise her sugar levels. Should I be worried about diabetes?

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The doctors told us that my very overweight daughter has a high level of insulin. They have done a glucose tolerance test and said that her sugar levels went up very high and that she has a serious problem. I asked if she had diabetes and they said no. However, all the information I have read on hyperglycemia refers to diabetes. Do you have any information?

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My son’s father has d type 1 diabetes, and two years ago, my son started showing signs of diabetes. Since then, he has had episodes of high blood sugar, but it always goes back to normal without intervention. He saw an endocrinologist who said that his pancreas could be “sputtering” and that he will eventually develop diabetes. Do you agree?

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For the last three or four months, I have noticed a mildly severe hair loss. I have been suffering from bad headaches, and I have been feeling very tired and run-down, no matter how much sleep I get. I have researched and found these symptoms to be the same for thyroid problems.

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I am worried about this sweet boy and no one is listening. I asked the neurologist who says he says that sugar problems cannot cause seizures and to to ask the pediatrician. I have asked the pediatrician to run a diabetes test, but he says it’s not needed. Do you think there may be a sugar problem? Is it worth checking out?

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