hey everyone my name is Emily and I am 15 years old, I have quite a lot of health issues. My aunt is a type 1 diabetic so we know a lot of the symptoms. This is Probaly irrelevant but it started with my kidneys, they have been leaking blood and protein into my urine for over a year now since a kidney infection. So obviously my kidneys aren't great. I was admitted to hospital with this and they still aren't sure as I have so many odd symptoms . Lately, within the past week I've noticed something very strange, my mum pointed it out first actually. But I've been excessively sweaty which is very unlike me and my sweat has the strangest smell, the only way I can describe it is like a lime, kind of fruity. For about 3 nights I was up ALL night with an extreme headache, tummy ache and nausea! And felt so unbearably lightheaded! I notice a slight increase in thirst but nothing dramatic but I definitely have a huge increase in urination as I counted I went 7 times in an hour and a half with my urine having a very strong odour. Added on to this I get extremely hungry, especially at night although after being weighed at hospital I've lost a whole stone in a week even though I'm eating a lot? So we decided that I should do a finger prick test.
So yesterday night I waited for 3 and a half hours after I ate. And my results said that my blood sugar was 10.3 mmol... my auntie said that is high. So we retested it this morning, so it was a fasting test and my result was 5.6. So I ate a spoonful of cheerios, and I instantly got a awful headache and dizzy so 5 minutes after the last test we retested it, my levels went up to 7.1. I'm using the accu chek. And last week we went to the hospital and Gp and they said because there isn't enough glucose in my urine, it means it's ok? And both of them refuse to do a blood test! Everything is getting worse and I don't know what to do! Do you have to have glucose in you're urine to have diabetes. I actually have a little bit, in between negative and a trace. But I dint see why they can't do a simple blood test? Thanks everyone
So yesterday night I waited for 3 and a half hours after I ate. And my results said that my blood sugar was 10.3 mmol... my auntie said that is high. So we retested it this morning, so it was a fasting test and my result was 5.6. So I ate a spoonful of cheerios, and I instantly got a awful headache and dizzy so 5 minutes after the last test we retested it, my levels went up to 7.1. I'm using the accu chek. And last week we went to the hospital and Gp and they said because there isn't enough glucose in my urine, it means it's ok? And both of them refuse to do a blood test! Everything is getting worse and I don't know what to do! Do you have to have glucose in you're urine to have diabetes. I actually have a little bit, in between negative and a trace. But I dint see why they can't do a simple blood test? Thanks everyone