does my 2 year old have diabetes?

Question

Hi my daughter is 2 1/2 years old, recently she has been drinking excessively and constantly waking up soaking wet several times in the night.
I am frequently changing her nappy when we are out and when we are at home i am emptying her potty every 10 minutes this has only recently occured and even during the height of the summer when she would be expected to drink more her fluid intake was the same as normal.
basically what im asking is does any one out there have diabetic children and do they think this is linked i read that blurred vision is another symptom and she has just got her first pair of glasses.
If some one could give me some advice before i take her to the doctors i would be very grateful.
thanks

dont think im heartless and cruel she has an appointment thursday (the only day i could get her in!!) i would like some advise and knowledge before i take her from any one that has possibly experienced the same thing im not delaying taking her-just to set the record straight for the brain surgery response person!!

Answer 1

There are two types of diabetes. The first, Type I, used to be refered to as juvenile diabetes because it was detected in childhood. It is caused when the cells in the Isle of Langerhans in the spleen quit producing insulin or die. It requires injections of insulin to treat.
The other, Type II, is usually associated with late adulthood. The person still produces insulin, usually in normal amounts, but due to a metabolic/edocrine malfunction, the body is unable to use the insulin as efficiently as it should. A variation of this type is known as Gestational Diabetes, and develops only during pregnancy and disappears with delivery. It is an indicator of risk to develop Type II later in life, but not a guarentee.
It is rare to diagnose Type II diabetes in a child so young, but not so rare to diagnose Type !. Although she does seem to urinate and drink a great deal, that in itself can have plenty of other explainations. Juvenile diabetes is not a condition that develops slowly, and there is most usually a crisis point when the sugar levels in the blood reach dangerous levels. That leads to a hospital/ER visit, and the diagnosis. Your daughter is not likely truly diabetic, although there is something going on that the pediatrician needs to check out. There are too many other potential problems to consider with the limited amount of information that you could disclose on the web, and of course testing ability is nil.
The vision difficulties could be related, or could be simply due to genetics. The doctor, unfortunately is the only one who can do that sort of determination. Small children represent a practice of medicine completely different from that of adults, or even older children. The rules that apply to the rest of us simply don't apply to small ones as young as your daughter.
The doctor should be able to eliminate your diabetes concerns quite easily with a blood sugar test, and possibly a glucose tolerance test. That is a bit difficult to do with one so small, as the glucose solution invariably makes them ill. But that would be the logical first step. I imagine the first test he will do is the simple blood sugar test, and a urine test to detect sugar in the urine. From there it is hard to say what he/she will look into, as that would depend on his exam and her medical history- and the family history as well.
I really don't think you have to be concerned about the juvenile diabetes. While it is not unknown in one so young, that is usually associated with a very strong family history of the disorder. It is also associated with viral infections, usually a very severe infection accompanied by high fever. Most juvenile diabetics are closer to 9 or 10 at onset. It also doesn't tend to develop over months, but rather days.
As one mother to another, I wish I could tell you there was nothing to be concerned about, but truthfully I can't even completely eliminate the possibility that you are correct. I can tell you that the likelyhood is low, and that the problems you are having are from some other cause. Hopefully it will be something simple and easily treated, or even something she will outgrow. The vision problems could certainly be simply little growing eyes, and also correct themselves with age. In the meantime, gather as much of your family medical history as you can. Find out what sort of medical problems there have been, and look at what ages any of them first needed glasses. If you or several members of your family needed glasses as children, that could be your answer for that. I wish you good news from the doctor, and hope your little girl has a simple to fix ailment.

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see the doctor soon like today. I am a 31 year old type 1 and I was diagnosed 3 years ago you go down hill quick those very well could be symptoms. The blurred vision is due to so much sugar in your body that the sugar osses into thew eye lens. Just simply call the dr.'s office and explain you are concerned tell her why they will probably let you bring her right in they can do a simple test in the office to rule this out. I was very sick a few years ago I was watching ER and the story line was a diabetic girl. All her symptoms sounded familiar so I went online to the American diabetes web site and ti I village. It all pointed to diabetes, 4 days later I was scheduled to have stitches taken out for a small injury so I told the nurse I wanted to be tested for diabetes she sort of laughed, then I told her why she stopped laughing. Sure enough I was right my BS was in the 700's way way too high (80-120 is normal) So don't feel foolish about asking the dr. just please call them today. 1 more thing type 1 does not have to run in the family. There is only a 3-5 % chance of type 1 being passed down from a parent to a child so if it doesn't run in you family still don't rule it out.

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I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 2 1/2 yrs old. I spoken to my mum about your question and I'm afraid the symptoms sound exactly the same (although I also had weight loss).
The doctor will probably do a "finger prick test" ie , gently jab your daughters finger and place a drop of her blood on a stick to check if she has glucose in her blood. He will probably take a blood sample too to send to the lab.
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Its possible, very young children can have diabetes. There are also other things that can cause the symptoms you describe. Keep an eye on her if she becomes lethargic or starts to sleep excessively, take her to emergency and dont wait for the doctor's appointment. If it is diabetes the high blood sugar will make her tired and lower her energy, the longer it goes on the more damage is done call your doc back tell them you suspect diabetes and would like to get in sooner if possible and in the meantime if she starts to act tired and grumpy take her to emergency.

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