In the news today, nice to see some awareness being raised so that parents may recognise the symptoms. It astounds me however that some GPs don't always recognise the symptoms until the child is critical and I agree that school staff should be made aware of the symptoms as they may be very well placed to notice a child using the toilet more frequently and pick up on symptoms at an early stage. We were lucky that our GP was very quick to identify Jess' symptoms and instructed us to go straight to A&E. She had a 2 day stay in hospital but avoided potentially something much more serious thanks to our GP. I wish I'd known the symptoms of diabetes back then, if I had I'm sure we would have been able to diagnose even earlier than we did.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18458285
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18458285