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Diagnosis and Symptoms

My daughter was diagnosed after a urine sample was detected with sugar and a blood sugar test resulted in 280 mg/dl [15.5 mmol/L] reading. Throughout her stay in the hospital, her sugar level remained normal. Is she in the honeymoon stage already, or was she misdiagnosed? The doctor “thinks” that we may have caught it so early that her pancreas is still working.

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My husband recently became ill, and the doctor us that he had type 1 diabetes. My husband was then sent for a glucose tolerance test which was essentially normal, with the exception of elevated insulin levels and elevated C-peptides and has now been referred to an endocrinologist. This information has been puzzling to us.

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Considering the desperation for water and excessive urinating, I wondered if I have been wrongly diagnosed and if a form of diabetes has not been spotted by my doctor’s tests.

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About 11 months ago, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when I went to my doctor and had an elevated blood sugar, but I was not told to fast before taking the finger test. Is that the proper way to take the test?

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My eight year old daughter has had two episodes of passing out about 10 minutes after awakening in the morning. She was shaking and had eaten sugar items night before. She has always had frequent urination and thirst, and her weight has been stable. A standard blood test after first episode was normal. I have started giving orange juice when she first gets up. Does this sound like diabetes or hypoglycemia?

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I had glucose intolerance when I was pregnant with my first child, and now I am scared to death that I still have glucose intolerance and worry about developing diabetes. Could there have been a mistake? Is this something that I will have in future pregnancies?

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I had a three hour sugar test during which the first two values were high (201mg/dl [11.7 mmol/L] and 153 mg/dl [8.5 mmol/L] ), the third one went to 45 mg/dl [3.5 mmol/L]. The doctor said I have hypoglycemia and put me on a high protein diet, but my sugar goes up high still and does not always go to low. What should I do?

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I have hypothyroidism and hypertension, and during a routine doctor’s visit, I had a random blood sugar of 17 mmol/L [306 mg/dl]. Does a blood sugar of 17 mmol/L [306 mg/dl] mean that I have sugar diabetes?

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My 59 year old husband just had a fasting blood glucose of 159 mg/dl [8.8 mmol/L], but he has none of the symptoms of type 2 diabetes. Do we need to pursue this with his physician to do further testing for diabetes?

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My blood sugar was 117 mg/dl [6.5 mmol/L] after a 12 hour fast, and my doctor said that this is a little high. Is this considered prediabetes?

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