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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My husband was diagnosed with type 1 in early July 2004. He has since stopped using both Humalog and Lantus. Could something else have caused his hyperglycemia?

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Are there other diseases that present like diabetes? I’ve had many of the symptoms, but all tests showed I don’t have diabetes.

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A child had a test that indicates that there is a level of high enzymes in the pancreas, and an ultrasound of the pancreas has been ordered. What is the possibility of a child with stomach problems over a period of several months having diabetes?

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Can type 1 diabetes show symptoms before actual onset? My daughter has occasional high blood sugars, according to a glucose meter. Is it possible that she is developing diabetes?

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To check if I have hypoglycemia, I had a GTT, which showed I am actually pre-diabetic. How can this be since I have always had low blood sugars?

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I recently read an article in a magazine about symptom of diabetes in teenagers, and I found that I had six of the eight they listed. I am really scared that I may have diabetes, but my parents will not take me to get a check up, and I don’t know where to get one. Is it possible that I have diabetes?

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Although my son eats regularly, he gets very agitated within a few hours of eating, is always hungry, and he seems weak and confused sometimes.

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I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after serious DKA and coma. My C-peptide result was a 2.6, which did not come in until after I was discharged. My friends and family in medicine were curious about the type 1 diagnosis since I’m 22 years old and had been overweight. Is it possible that I have type 2 diabetes?

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I recently had a high blood sugar reading one hour into the OGTT, but it was normal at two hours. Could I have Impaired Glucose Tolerance?

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The pediatricians kept my daughter in the hospital until she was three days old because she was dehydrated and a little jaundiced, and my husband and I noticed a very strong acetone smell to her breath while she was in the hospital. She is now five months old, and I smell that same acetone smell on her breath on a regular basis. What should I be watching closely?

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