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Diagnosis and Symptoms

I have six year old twins. Our daughter was diagnosed about a year ago. Her twin brother has symptoms so I tested him and his blood glucose was 359 mg/dl [19.9 mmol/L]. Could he have diabetes too? What should I do?

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My 19 year old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes three years ago. Her brother is now 25, and we used a meter to check some blood sugars on him. Is this an indication that he developing diabetes? Does what a person who does not have diabetes eat give them high blood sugars like they would a person who has diabetes?

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My daughter had a problem when she was 14 months old with low blood sugar. She has had some ongoing problems. We were sent to an endocrinologist, but he didn’t find anything except low blood sugar levels. Could this all be related to diabetes?

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I have a son who will be 4 in a few months. I took insulin while pregnant with him. He has asthma. I have been noticing some things in him that lead me to wonder if he has diabetes. I would appreciate any information that could help, maybe some questions to ask the doctor, or tests we should have done.

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My five year old daughter seems to exhibit some symptoms of diabetes. Recently, sugar was found in her urine. Her blood sugar was normal. What conditions cause sugar in the urine but normal blood sugar?

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I have an 8 year old son who has a lot of the symptoms of diabetes. His pediatrician drew his blood for a sugar level. My neighbor who has diabetes took a reading that was 170 on her meter. He is a healthy, very active child. What could cause such a high glucose and can that be normal?

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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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