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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My grandson is four years old and always is crying because he is so thirsty or he has to go to the bathroom. His mother asked the doctors about this, because his father has diabetes. They said he is fine, if it continues, we will test him when he is five years old. Why do they wait till he is five?

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I am a 20 year old male and was diagnosed as having diabetes about 10 months ago. Suddenly last week, I found that I was hypo’ing badly after any meal I had. Last week I stopped taking my insulin and ever since have been okay. I was wondering if you had any ideas as to what could have gone on.

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My husband has heart problems, and has had several elevated blood sugars during cardiac catheterization procedures as well as on a home blood glucose meter. His doctor is kind of brushing this under the carpet as if it is nothing of great importance.

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My 13 year old daughter weighs over 200 pounds and seems to constantly crave sweets. She complains of excessive sweating and frequent headaches, and she becomes very moody from time to time. She keeps gaining weight and has a terrible self-concept. have talked with our local family physician about these problems, but he did not think that we should pursue any additional testing.

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My 13 year has all the symptoms of diabetes, and if she eats any raw sugar, she has an attack. She had a glucose tolerance test which was negative. What else could it be?

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I took my five year old daughter to the doctor yesterday because she had what looked like a yeast infection. The doctor said that it could be a sign of high blood sugar and did random and fasting blood sugars which were normal, but he still wants to do an oral glucose tolerance test to be certain. Would you suggest we go through this test?

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During my son’s GTT, I ran his levels with my glucose meter after each blood draw, and the two results were drastically different. This big difference that has me very concerned. I did have my meter checked. Was there an error in the processing of his specimens or does this sound okay?

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I had a body odor that smelled almost like soured sweat. I took several showers trying to get rid of it with no luck. My adopted father had diabetes so I knew what the smell was that I was smelling. I checked some blood sugars that were high. Should I call my doctor or should I wait and see if can get it to come down on my own with diet?

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I am a 40 year old female diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about five years ago. Since I was 35 years and thin at the time of diagnosis, I never fit any of the usual categories for people with type 2. My endocrinologist finally did a c-peptide which shows I am making little to none of my own insulin. So I guess I now have type 1 diabetes.

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The same doctors have told me I have hypoglycemia and diabetes. If I have hypoglycemia, how come my meter keeps reading my blood sugars between 121 and 173 mg/dl [6.7 and 9.6 mmol/L]? Do I have diabetes or hypoglycemia? What I should do?

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