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Diabetes - Juvenile Community
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could i really be diabetic
by summitoaky14, May 13, 2008 04:35PM
At the beginning of the year i was eating alot, always thirsty, constantly having to go to the bathroom and was always tired. I went to the doctors and they did a urinalisis to see if i had type 1 diabetes but it was negative. Oh also i had lost like five pounds and i already only weighed 95. I am fifteen and have always been really skinny. Before i was tested i fainted once in the shower and then all of the other symptoms started. The symptoms never went away but they weren't as strong as they are now. I am always lightheaded and dizzy and i am constantly tired, am always leaving class to get a drink of water or go to the bathroom, which can get embarrassing. I also have trouble with my eyes and have trouble concentrating, and am constantly hungry. So i am just wondering if I could have developed diabetes since the beginning of the year? And should i ask my parents to take me to the doctor again?
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You need to ask you parents to take you to the doctor and do a fasting blood glucose test.
This will determine if you are type 1 diabetic or not. Urinalysis will NOT.