Diabetes in children
Common Questions and Answers about Diabetes in children
diabetes
Yes, these are all symptoms of type I diabetes in children. My child was wetting the bed, extremely thirsty all the time and was vomiting; his vomiting, we think, was contributed to a stomach virus he had at the time. We took him to the ER due to dehydration -they did a blood chemistry and his blood sugar was 399-they immediately admitted him to ICU and he was put on IV insulin. He's been a diabetic now for 3 years-he's now 9. He's has handled it amazingly well!
While I have never heard of headaches being related to any kind of reaction to insulin, I know from personal experience that horrible headaches sometimes accompany low blood sugar levels. While they sometimes go away when the glucose levels return to normal after drinking some juice, I have found that sometimes they stay with me for hours after a low blood sugar spell. So my first question would be: has your son experienced any low blood sugar episodes at all on days when he has headaches?
Sindjo,
You've come to a good place for info. We're not physicians, but are diabetics and/or parents of diabetics with lots of experience.
It is surprising to read that your hubby's doc said there's "no inheritance factors," because research tells a different story. JDRF funds much of the diabetes research worldwide and lots of it deals with trying to understand the genetics of our disease.
The oral glucose tolerance test is conducted by measuring blood glucose levels five times over a period of 3 hours. In a person without diabetes, the glucose levels in the blood rise following drinking the glucose drink, but then then fall quickly back to normal (because insulin is produced in response to the glucose, and the insulin has a normal effect of lowing blood glucose.
Hi,
Truely normal blood sugar in adults will be close to 83 and will not vary much at all from this point, and definitely under 100 nearly all the time. In children it may be a bit lower, but probably not lower than 70.
Fasting levels 99 - 125 are considered prediabetic
Fasting levels > 126 are considered diabetic.
2 hours after eating numbers should not be above 120, and numbers above 140 will be considered diabetic.
He is wearing the pump and I have a little bit of experience with diabetes because I was in the health care field before joining! My question is how do I help him see that his life is not over and that there is much more to life than diabetes! He is a very smart man with alot of intelligence I just do not want to see this bring him down...he has had it now for about a year...
Type 1 diabetes in children usually comes on very quickly with consistently high numbers, so it is, indeed, puzzling. Was she on any kind of medication recently that could account for sudden rise in blood sugar? At any rate, an appointment with a pediatric endo is the way to go. I'm sure they told you if her numbers get high again and she experiences flu-like symptoms and vomiting to bring her to the ER. Best of luck to you and let us know how it goes.
3 in every 5 children in America are obese. This has all come about in the span of what? 30 years? I understand they will be checking into school menus as well as taking out all the sugary snacks in the vending machines at school. LOL, I think this is funny. Can we really not figure this one out and correct it? Could bad parenting be a factor? What say you?
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 14. I am now 58 and have 3 grown kids and 4 grandkids.. none have any sign of type 1... I had no problem giving birth and was told they would induce labor early so they babies would not be too big.. If she takes care of her self she can live a long and healthy life...
What is the treatment for
this has been happening for decades on a much smaller scale wit h my clothing- usually bleaching around the front of my shirt collar. i thought that it was make-up that mixed with sweat. in the last 5 years it has gotten much worse. i also notice that i have an odor on my hands that reminds me pf a "burnt" smell, the palms of my hands and a "v" shape on my neck are red. also i have osteoarthritis and degenerative disc throughout my spine.
Both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are multifactorial disorders, which means that they involve a combination of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors. It seems counterintuitive, but type 2 diabetes has a larger hereditary component than type 1 diabetes, even though diet and lifestyle contribute greatly to the development of type 2 diabetes.
tid=11191
In general, if you are a man with type 1 diabetes, the odds of your child getting diabetes are 1 in 17. If you are a woman with type 1 diabetes and your child was born before you were 25, your child's risk is 1 in 25; if your child was born after you turned 25, your child's risk is 1 in 100.
Your child's risk is doubled if you developed diabetes before age 11. If both you and your partner have type 1 diabetes, the risk is between 1 in 10 and 1 in 4.
GLUCOPHAGE has been shown to effectively lower glucose levels in children (ages 10 to 16 years) with type 2 diabetes. GLUCOPHAGE has not been studied in children younger than 10 years old.
GLUCOPHAGE has not been studied in combination with other oral glucose-control medicines or insulin in children. If you have any questions about the use of GLUCOPHAGE in children, talk with your doctor or other healthcare provider.
GLUCOPHAGE XR has not been studied in children.
Recommended
