Is my teen diabetic???

[Cls1982]

Hi all. Looking for some advice and guidance. My 13 year old son has started having some accidents at night and bed wetting. Never been an issue before even as a child. At 1st, I thought he's a deep sleeper and does drunk lots of water but the more I've looked into it..I wonder if he's diabetic? He is a big lad, tall and has put weight on certainly over the last few years. I put it down to me over compensating and basically treating him like a king at home...but now wonder if he could be diabetic. I read about dark shading in crevices too and think he has this under his arm pits. He's really embarrassed but think I should take him to see our GP. Any thoughts? I'm really worried now x

 

[lovinglife]

Hi all. Looking for some advice and guidance. My 13 year old son has started having some accidents at night and bed wetting. Never been an issue before even as a child. At 1st, I thought he's a deep sleeper and does drunk lots of water but the more I've looked into it..I wonder if he's diabetic? He is a big lad, tall and has put weight on certainly over the last few years. I put it down to me over compensating and basically treating him like a king at home...but now wonder if he could be diabetic. I read about dark shading in crevices too and think he has this under his arm pits. He's really embarrassed but think I should take him to see our GP. Any thoughts? I'm really worried now x

Hi @Cis1982 & welcome to the forum.

Kids are always a worry aren’t they? we can’t say whether your son is diabetic or not, we are not health professionals and even if we were forum rules don’t allow anyone to diagnose etc. if you are worried about your son your best route is to get him to see his GP who will have all his medical records etc and will be able to look into any worries you have.

It may help if you write things down before you go so you don’t have to remember all your concerns, if your anything like me I always come out of my GP surgery thinking “oh I should have asked that!”

If your son does get a diagnosis of diabetes then please come back here with any questions you might have, we can share personal experience and gained knowledge with you

 

[JoKalsbeek]

Hi all. Looking for some advice and guidance. My 13 year old son has started having some accidents at night and bed wetting. Never been an issue before even as a child. At 1st, I thought he's a deep sleeper and does drunk lots of water but the more I've looked into it..I wonder if he's diabetic? He is a big lad, tall and has put weight on certainly over the last few years. I put it down to me over compensating and basically treating him like a king at home...but now wonder if he could be diabetic. I read about dark shading in crevices too and think he has this under his arm pits. He's really embarrassed but think I should take him to see our GP. Any thoughts? I'm really worried now x

As @lovinglife stated, we can't diagnose. But your concerns are valid and merit some bloodwork and such. There's a bunch of reasons why bedwetting etc could occur, so yeah... Get a GP appointment as soon as possible, and get things sorted. Embarrassment for something you literally can't influence is completely unnecessary, but I guess it takes being a pocked-and-measled 46 year old to say that! I hope you both get your answers soon, and if he is indeed diabetic, -whatevert type- we'll be right here for the two of you.

Best of luck!
Jo

 

[mariavontrapp]

I would take him to the doctors. A simple test will help you find out what's going on. The bed-wetting could also be caused by an infection.