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diabetes
by monica2980, Sep 09, 2007 12:00AM
are urinary test accurate for checking if a child has diabetes?my son is obese a was checked for sugar in his urine,it came out negative, is that accurate,does that test work?
Doctor's Answer
by JDRF-VOL-SG, Sep 10, 2007 12:00AM
A urine test is not as accurate as a blood test, but it does show for sure if sugar is spilling over into the urine because there is not enough insulin working. So it will without doubt show if the child is extremely out of good glucose control. But if things are borderline, I don't know if you will see a positive test. A glucose test from blood is much more accurate.
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