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Diagnosis and Symptoms

After I eat sugar I get really hyper. Someone mentioned something about hyperglycemia. I was just wondering if I could have that or any other type of diabetes.

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I was diagnosed with Type 2 D.M. at age 47 (I previously had gestational diabetes). I am one of those lean diabetes. Is etiology and treatment any different for lean diabetics?

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My daughter was referred to a pediatric endocrinologist because her regular doctor found sugar in her urine and also high blood sugar level at a recent sick visit. The specialist ran several blood tests and had us monitor her blood sugar for several days. She had a few high readings, but the doctor said that all of the lab reports indicate that she does not have diabetes at this time.

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My son is 12 and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes one month ago. I’m confused by the blood sugar readings in other letters written to you. I use a meter that states that it measures mmol/l. I’m told that any reading below 3.5 should be treated as a hypo, but his blood sugar rarely goes above 6.0.

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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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