First off I have been experiencing symptoms related to diabetes such as frequent urination, excessive hunger, on and off dry mouth, and tingles in my hands/legs/feet. I did go to my doctor and mentioned the frequent urination only because I felt like it could be diabetes or due to my bowel symptoms (they are going to check if I have IBS). Anyways, she made me do a urine sample which, according to her and the lab results, were negative for sugar/protein but it seems like I have a slight infection. With that they gave me pills for the UTI and sent me off saying that I did not have diabetes because they didn't find traces of sugar/protein so she if not going to test me further. I am still experiencing the symptoms but for the excessive hunger right after eating a meal could be due to my period also (I am not too sure). My point is I am worried and kind of annoyed of going back to my doctor multiple times. In the summer I had a cough that lasted 2 months, then there was my bowl movements and now this. Also I feel like she wouldn't do anything else because of the infection and the fact that from experience when I asked to do a chest x-ray in the summer, just in case, it took me a month and a half to 'persuade' her.
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Can this be Diabetes?
- Thread starter alacoff
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If you are unhappy with your dr.then you should find a different one that will work with you better. And I had alot of those signs when I was told i had diabetes. So if you find a new dr.I would ask for a fasting blood work to get checked. I hope that this helps.
carty
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Some pharmacy s will do a finger prick blood test
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KittyKatty
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OP - PLEASE go to another GP and present your case to him/her. Ask for a fasting blood glucose test. GP practices are no infallible. Mine didn't tell me for 14 months that I had diabetes, although I accept that was an admin error rather than a GP refusing or not thinking it necessary for a certain test. Push. We're told hundreds of thousands of people are walking around unaware they have diabetes. You could be one of them, although fingers crossed you're not.
But - and I ask for other posters input here - it could have been possible what you'd eaten recently just happened to not have affected your blood sugar badly, hence giving a false result for the urine result. Any theories on that, posters: if a person's last food was low carb, it would surely give a false urine test result for diabetes?
But - and I ask for other posters input here - it could have been possible what you'd eaten recently just happened to not have affected your blood sugar badly, hence giving a false result for the urine result. Any theories on that, posters: if a person's last food was low carb, it would surely give a false urine test result for diabetes?
