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Question regarding children with diabetes

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Hi all,
I think my son (aged 3 1/2) has diabetes. I took him to the doctors and he did a urine test at 4pm in the afternoon and declared that he doesn't have diabetes. However I am still very concerned. He displays a lot of the symptoms. What type of test will conclusively tell me if he has it or not? Incidentally just prior to the urine test he ate a small box of smarties.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Lisa
 
Hi Lisa, and welcome to the forum.

I can't help you much because I'm Type 2 and old! :lol: But as far as I'm aware, a urine test does not react quickly to food intake, so the smarties shouldn't have had any influence on it.

My practice nurse told me that she doesn't use urine tests any more because they're not sensitive enough, and a blood glucose test is better. Obviously she was talking to me about adults.

I hope someone will be along soon who can help you better than I can - but I think in your place I'd ask for a blood test for your son.

Good luck!

Viv :)
 
When my daughter was taken in to see our GP she did a finger prick test to measure her blood glucose. She was confused by the result because the meter said "Hi" and she thought perhaps the meter was faulty because usually she said it displayed a number. Now that I'm more experienced I know the meter read Hi because her blood glucose levels were so high it was off the scale of what the meter could measure.

Because of the confusion a urine test was also done to measure ketones, which came back positive and we were sent straight off to A&E. It is possible that if you are catching the diabetes early on the urine test may not show as positive. It's not the most accurate way of testing.

What sypmtoms is your child showing that makes you believe your son has diabetes? My advice is that if you feel the doctor has missed something then get a second opinion. Ask for a blood gluose test to be done rather than a urine test. Doctors can make mistakes or miss things, best to get it double checked if you're still worried.
 
SophiaW said:
When my daughter was taken in to see our GP she did a finger prick test to measure her blood glucose. She was confused by the result because the meter said "Hi" and she thought perhaps the meter was faulty because usually she said it displayed a number. Now that I'm more experienced I know the meter read Hi because her blood glucose levels were so high it was off the scale of what the meter could measure.

Because of the confusion a urine test was also done to measure ketones, which came back positive and we were sent straight off to A&E. It is possible that if you are catching the diabetes early on the urine test may not show as positive. It's not the most accurate way of testing.

What sypmtoms is your child showing that makes you believe your son has diabetes? My advice is that if you feel the doctor has missed something then get a second opinion. Ask for a blood gluose test to be done rather than a urine test. Doctors can make mistakes or miss things, best to get it double checked if you're still worried.
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Hi Sophia,
my son displays the following symptoms; aggressive behaviour when near dinner time (becomes almost out of control sometimes) - then won't eat until he has calmed down, he seems to be constantly hungry, he is often nauseaus, often pale and has bad eyes (he says they sting). I was diabetic whilst pregnant with him and they did say he would be at risk of developing diabetes when he was older. My doctor did say that he didn't think it was diabetes but didn't say what else he thought it could be. I definitely think a second opinion would be good.
Lisa
 
benedict said:
I hope I don't cause unfounded concern but it has been in the news that doctors are not always diagnosing diabetes on the first visit.



Sophia gives a perfect example here of how even a seemingly obvious case could be missed at times. :shock:
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Thanks Benedict. I guess we expect our GP'S to know everything and quite often they don't. If it is not diabetes I am sure there is something wrong with him and I know the only way to get to the bottom of it is persistent doctor visits. Shame you have to wait 2 weeks for an appointment!
 
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