Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum. My almost 3 year old son was in hospital over the weekend and ended up with a diagnosis of Impaired Glucose Tolerance / Prediabetes. He was previously well and is a very active, happy child who is normal bodyweight. His symptoms were:
- Fatigue to the point of not being able to sit up / hold his head up followed by vomiting on Sunday morning
- Fasting BM 7.8, BM later that morning 17.1
- Having been dry at night since October 2019, he has started wetting to bed most nights over the previous 3 weeks
- Increased thirst and excessive weeing over previous few weeks
His BM readings while in hospital ranged from 4.9 to 10.8, and a glucose tolerance test showed a normal fasting level but a raised 2 hour level of 8.2. We are waiting for more blood test results later this week for autoantibodies etc.
Had anyone else been in a similar position with a young child? Did they go on to develop full blown diabetes? In the early days was there huge variability in readings, suggesting an element of glucose control at times, and not at others?
Any advice gratefully received!
Thanks,
Sally
- Fatigue to the point of not being able to sit up / hold his head up followed by vomiting on Sunday morning
- Fasting BM 7.8, BM later that morning 17.1
- Having been dry at night since October 2019, he has started wetting to bed most nights over the previous 3 weeks
- Increased thirst and excessive weeing over previous few weeks
His BM readings while in hospital ranged from 4.9 to 10.8, and a glucose tolerance test showed a normal fasting level but a raised 2 hour level of 8.2. We are waiting for more blood test results later this week for autoantibodies etc.
Had anyone else been in a similar position with a young child? Did they go on to develop full blown diabetes? In the early days was there huge variability in readings, suggesting an element of glucose control at times, and not at others?
Any advice gratefully received!
Thanks,
Sally
