also? blood suger testing at early age to detect diabetes or early warning of it so parents can change childrens diets? mexican mothers and fathers, in particular, seem to feed kids wrong food!

My daughter is being tested for diabetes, I have looked up symptoms one they say is abdominal pain but it does not state where or what type. She often complains of her sides hurting but it is more by her ribs the bottom of the ribs on both sides. I am also having a hard time find a range chart, my doctor gave me a scale of 60-105 but at what point do you worry. Her sugar levels showed high from lab the walk in did. She had a bladder infection and her urine showed clear but she was still going very often. She has had bladder problems for a long time and drinks a ton of water, but she always has. She has been tested in the past and it was fine, this is the first time it has showed high. We could not get in to our regular doctor until the 30th in the mean time we are to check her levels 1st thing in the morning and 2 hours after breakfast. We have a kit from when they tested my oldest for hypoglocemia. Does anyone know where I can find the scale for kids and the sugar levels.
Her bladder issues we see a Pediatric Urologist for. She does drink close to a gallon of water a day, but she has always been like this. She is 7.
What I am asking is if anyone knows whre the abdominal pain is at your abdomen covers a lot of area. And also a chart with the levels for children, what is too high etc.
What I am asking is if anyone knows whre the abdominal pain is at your abdomen covers a lot of area. And also a chart with the levels for children, what is too high etc.
thank you red head that is about the same area my daughter complains of the pain, most of the time it is both sides but sometimes it is one or the other. Best wishes to you and your daughter.
thanks sevenofus – I may not have worded it correctly in my searches, it says your dr will most likely pick the range, but I did find tips on how to poke etc.

What causes high blood sugar? This is a reasonable question for any parent of a child that has diabetes. High blood sugar, also called hyperglycemia, occurs when the sugar (glucose) level in the blood rises above normal. For a person who has diabetes, high levels may be caused by missed oral diabetes medicine or insulin injection, eating too much, skipping physical activity, or illness or stress. Unfortunately the rapid growth during the teen years can make it more difficult to keep your child’s  levels within a target range.

High readings tends to develop slowly, typically over a period of hours or days. However, if you eat a large meal or miss an insulin dose it can develop quickly (typically in just a few hours). Slightly elevated blood sugar levels may make a person feel tired and thirsty. Unfortunately your child’s body will adjust to having elevatedlevels. Continued high  levels will cause damage to the eyes, heart, kidneys, blood vessels, and nerves. Dehydration can easily occur if your child’s blood sugar continues to rise as his or her kidneys will increase the amount of urine produced. This is quite dangerous because if your child becomes severely dehydrated, he or she can go into a coma and possibly die.

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An article which looks at the increasing statistics of diagnosed diabetes cases in children, including a huge increase in Type 2 diagnoses, and asks, ‘why?’ Are our habits hurting our children?

Children will be children, of course, and they can make poor health choices by eating the wrong foods. But isn’t it really up to families to encourage and incorporate a healthy lifestyle at home? And when they don’t, children are more likely to fall prey to health problems and are more prone to diabetes.

At the end of the day, everyone in the family needs to pull together as one team on the same side — the side that keeps illnesses like diabetes and other unhealthy issues at bay.

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Our 4 year old daughter has been diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes. I am a Nurse so I already had a pretty good idea that she had diabetes from her symptoms. I also know the medical side of it. What I am having trouble with is the Mom part. How do you deal with having to prick your child to test?What is the best meter you have found for your child? How do you deal with having to give them insulin injections? I have a meeting with her Pediatrician in the morning. But I need advise from parents. As a Nurse I have given hundreds of shots to children. But the though of pricking my baby and giving her Insulin injections just makes me cry. My husband just can not deal with needles at all ! How did you explain it to your child? Any advise would be appreciated.
Thank You,
Kali
As I said I am a Nurse. I know the whole medical side of this. I need advise from parents or others who deal with this with their chilren!

11 TOP SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES IN OBESE CHILDREN

1) Drinking a lot (polydipsia) and being very thirsty.
2) Urinating often (polyuria).
3) Losing weight without trying.
4) Having sores that are slow to heal.
5) Having dry and itchy skin.
6) Having blurry eyesight.
7) Feeling very tired or hungry.
Having a dark, velvety rash on their neck.
9) Having tingling in their feet.
10) Having a high blood glucose (sugar) level.
11) Having a high urine ketone level.

Ketones (pronounced key-tones) are produced when your body gets energy by breaking down fat instead of sugar.

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