Diabetes runs in my husbands side of the family, and he was diagnosed at 11 withtype 1 diabetes. We have a 6 month old baby girl and im just curious as to how early type 1 diabetes can be detected or how early it can occur. I Would appriciate any info on the type of tests that are run to diagnose this in an infant or young child.Thanks!
07
Sep 2009
How Young Can You Detect Type 1 Diabetes In An Infant?
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You or your doctor can press a glucose stick into a very wet diaper.
Any sugar would show up.
Babies are checked at birth.
You should let your doctor know your concerns in advance and he can do regular tests .
Good luck.
Diabetes can occur from the time of birth. Her doctor can run a CMP (complete metabolic panel) to check for blood glucose. Make sure it is a fasting blood test (or as close to one as you can get).
Good health to you and yours.
It can appear any time after birth right through into adulthood. You will notice she is lethargic/tired, cranky, thirsty, and soaking her diapers. She may also look dehydrated and have dark circles under her eyes (this seems to be more common in young children with Type 1).
You can squeeze out her diaper and test the urine for glucose at home using urine glucose strips from the drugstore.
Also have regular screening blood tests every time she sees the doctor.
i have had diabetes since i was 12 im 17 now but i now that even before i was diagnosed my mom said there was somthing wrong with me she took me to the doctor all the time but they told her i was fine every time, we knew absolutley nothing about diabetes so we listened to them after i was diagnosed and we put evrything together we actually came uup with the conclusion that i had sysptoms of diabetes for over 4 years it just never got to the piont to were i was sick enough for them to see it, when it was almost to late.
I was diagnosed with Type 1 at 14 months.
first of all i hope your child does not get it. you can be born with it my daughter got it when she was 3 i took her to the doctors to check her and he said if she had it she would be very ill in the end we took her to the hospital as she had very bad thrush and they done a blood test and said she was type 1so just make shore you get your child checked and good luck,