To think this is the start of type 1 diabetes

[NeuroSpicyCat]

Hand hold please.

My 13 year old son informed me tonight that he wet the bed last night.

This has never happened before.

His late father had Type 1 diabetes which started around this age.

My son also has a sore tummy (that comes and goes) and sore calves (that come and go).

He seems to have low mood also.

He's always been really thin.

My husband (his stepdad) is driving to A&E with him right now. I’m staying home with the other 4 children. (I can’t drive).

I’m autistic and scared. I’m so worried for him. AI said he is highly likely to be diagnosed given his symptoms and family history, and he’s likely to be urgently admitted to hospital.

Has anyone been in a similar situation?

That was 2022. It’s changed since then.

Exactly so. Many people think it’s black and white and the fact is that type two in some cases can’t be manage without insulin. We were told that insulin is a last resort when everything else has been tried, but clearly there are exceptions to this. It’s a bloody awful disease and causes horrible complications when poorly controlled. And to make things worse people assume that if you have it it’s your own fault. Which is just not the case.

And the fact that you don’t know about anyones personal situation means that you shouldn’t be jumping to the conclusion that they are turning up to A&E for no good reason.

Read the thread - it wasn’t a case of just wetting the bed once. There were other symptoms and the 13 year old had been previously dry. Clearly A&E thought there was good reason for him to wait to see a doctor.

Probably the case, seeing as he’s dead.

Well they certainly seemed to think there was a case for him staying to be seen by a doctor, despite a two hour wait. And I’m assuming you’re not aware of the consequences of discharging yourself against medical advice - which is what you’re advocating.

Nope.

That post has absolutely nothing to do with what the OP said though.

Of course it hasn’t. That’s why the poster is urging that OP has done the right thing !! Symptoms can sometimes be vague. Doesn’t mean they’re not there. 🙄

I have read the posts @TourdeFrance2025. Why are you assuming that I have not? I just disagree with you and think that you are being hyperbolic.

Just to be really clear for you, type 1 diabetes is a medical emergency. No one has suggested that it is not. What the OP has described does not suggest a medical emergency and she did not need to rush her son to ED in the middle of the night. She should not have used AI to diagnose a medical condition. She should have spoken to a medical professional.

The symptoms described do not suggest type 1 diabetes. There was no need to fly off to ED in the middle of the night. The OP just panicked and used AI, neither of which was a helpful response.

The boy wet the bed. Once. Smh. Also had a normal blood sugar.

This is so wrong.

Just a general observation. This has to be one of the most toxic threads I’ve ever seen on MN. A mum has posted for support after sending her son to hospital late at night because she suspects diabetes. Based on symptoms she’s observed, the fact that her late husband - the child’s father - had it, and the fact that her son told her he had wet the bed the night before. And what she gets in return is not support but a pile on telling her she’s wrong and is taking up resources other people need. She’s been called feckless and irresponsible. It’s disgusting. I’m just glad she didn’t post for advice before actually sending him because the overwhelming advice would be no, regardless of the serious consequences, and could have landed her in a world of shit by this morning. You people need to give your heads a serious wobble. MN is supposed to be supportive but this thread is a nest of vipers.

And yet they wanted him to stay and see a doctor.

That is still the current guideline on NHS England. You do not have to take my word for it, you can search nhs triage guidance here: www.england.nhs.uk/publication/?filter-keyword=Triage&filter-category=eprr&filter-publication=&filter-date-from=&filter-date-to=&filter-order-by=date-desc

Agreed I don't think many posters understand the urgency of Diabetes and DKA my oldest son went from felling mildly unwell in the morning to collapsing at home at 7pm in DKA by 9pm he was in critical care fighting for his life
If the Op has over reacted thsn so what it's better then the alternative thankfully my son recovered but it was touch and go for a few days.

I don’t take your word for it, I have first hand experience.

You have firsthand experience of what, exactly? You wrote the supposed new NHS triage guidance? Do feel free to share it.

yes. If the child showed more acute symptoms. Nothing in his presentation according to his mother necessitated an urgent A and E visit.

My mother, brother and daughter are all type 1 diabetics, despite it not being a family link. Between them we’ve only ever needed A and E twice.

I've certainly got both items at home and I know my friends have similar. I think it's pretty typical as a parent not an abundance of caution.

You do realise what could happen if people start going to A&E just because AI told them to, right?

You’re aware the original poster said her DS's symptoms have been on and off, which makes an earlier GP visit the right choice? The only new symptom she observed was one time bed wetting.

It’s not so much that she sent her DS to A&E with his stepdad, but that she did it because AI told her to, and that’s the worrying part.

If everyone with low health literacy starts asking AI which service to use instead of calling 111, A&E will end up even more overwhelmed and people with real emergencies will have even longer wait times.

Use 111 to access the right service, unless life threatening. Please.

Excellent point @KennysLook

Hang on is "Al" the name of the step dad? Scottish?

No it's the initials of "Artificial Intelligence"