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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My son, age 33, was recently accused of drinking on the job because co-workers said they smelled alcohol on his breath. Although he drinks on occasion, he swears he has never had a drink on the job. I’ve suggested he request a diabetes test from his doctor.

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My daughter is 18 months old. She had had several high blood sugars, but sometimes is in the normal range. She had an insulin test which was low. The doctors tell us time will tell whether or not she has diabetes. Is there any way of getting her diagnosed short of her getting very sick?

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My two year old daughter has been having some weird blood sugars. I am confused. One doctor told me that she could be having an occasional insulin surge from whatever islet cells she has left and that can cause the drop, while the other doctor says that it is impossible. Can someone please offer some opinions?

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Our doctor in Panama believes our two year old daughter has MODY. Can such a small child be placed in oral agents? If she does not have not type 1 diabetes, how can her sugars levels be controlled (given that she does not need insulin)?

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My 10 year old son is extremely overweight, so I have been checking his blood sugars with my meter, and they have been consistently high. I told my doctor who tested him, but I took him in fasting, and they didn’t test him until 11:00 am which allowed his sugars to be normal. I feel he is borderline and would like a second opinion. How can I go about this?

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Diabetes is genetic on both sides of our family, and our eight year old son has been drinking a lot, going to the bathroom a lot, getting headaches, and losing weight. He had a blood sugar of 120 mg/dl [6.7 mmol/L] on my husband’s meter, even though he had not eaten breakfast. Do I have a reason to be concerned about this?

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Recently, I have been training for the marathon in addition to skipping meals and drinking. A week ago, I felt dizzy and light-headed, and, over the last few days, I have been urinating frequently and experience a gnawing hunger. Do my symptoms merit suspicion of diabetes or hypoglycemia?

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My six year old adopted son has had acetone breath consistently for several weeks. I’ve tested his urine with the strips for glucose and ketones twice, and they are both negative. Are there causes of acetone breath other than diabetes in an otherwise normal six year old? In view of the negative strips should I still have his blood glucose tested?

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My mother has had numerous symptoms of diabetes, and her blood sugars have been high. This has been ongoing for a while, but her doctor does not seem very concerned.

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Since she was two, my daughter, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes five months ago, has always been in the 105th percentile for weight and height, and I have always been concerned with her weight. I asked her diabetes team to see if we should test for type 2, but they say they are sure she has type 1. Should I push to find out which type of diabetes she really has?

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