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?

16 mins from checking in to blood sugar results. Crikey, what part of the country are you in for that NHS service

Absolutely! I despair of how A&E is going to cope if people are heading over there on the say so of AI. Astonishing to have so much faith in that while dismissing 111 out of hand. I get that OP is worried but it could wait for GP. One wet bed last night is not an emergency now.

And your medical qualifications are ??? . They only thing that is correct in your statement above is that most people who develop T1D do not have a close relative with diabetes but a close parent or siblings with diabetes does increase the risk to the individual above that of the general population.

Your last post sounds reassuring. I know you're worried (understandably) but your son's blood sugar testing as normal seems a good sign.

Also please don't let AI ramp up your anxiety. There is so much misinformation out there, AI is really not to be trusted with something so important.

Surprise surprise - OP’s DS has normal blood sugar. It’s really important not to scare monger. Seriously - you just make things 10 times worse by insisting everything must be the worst case scenario when that’s not the clinical picture at all.

It's a completely normal blood glucose reading so while not completely ruling out diabetes makes it highly improbable. Hope your son is home soon and you can all get some sleep OP .

No shit. 🙄

It'll be a fingerprick test which takes 30 secs.

I was a bed wetter into my teens and father was type 1 diabetic. Am not diabetic.
Young people with Type I diabetes have excessive thirst,urinate +++ ,loose weight and have very sweet smelling breath. So hopefully your son is ok.X

Firstly, I was correct about the DKA stomach pain. OP described and occasional stomach ache. That is not the pain presentation for DKA. I was correct about the hereditary component. I was correct that a single episode of bedwetting with no increased urination or thirst isn’t a sign of diabetes. Given that that’s all the elements of my post, I think you’ll find there’s plenty correct in my statement.

And i ask again, your medical qualifications are ? .
No one is scare mongering but the symptoms the OPs son have are some of those that children with undiagnosed TID present with . It isn't always a barn door diagnosis. Sometimes it's a lot more subtle .

you first.

Honestly, I'd have chalked it up as a blip and just kept an eye on him

If he wet the bed again, I'd have booked a GP visit.

A&E without other signs is a bit silly IMO, sorry.

I appreciate DKA is an emergency but he doesn't have the symptoms of this. You've let your anxiety over diabetes cloud your judgement.

4.8 is 100% within normal levels. Am sure your son will be home soon.X

It rules out DKA presumably? Which is great news. But still uncertain re diabetes I’m assuming

OK 40 years in paediatrics including 15 specialising in endocrinology/ paediatric diabetes .
Now you ?

Latching on to the one thing that could possibly be a symptom whilst ignoring all the aspects that very clearly aren’t a symptom in order to push a worst case scenario is very much scaremongering.

Bullshit.

Actually if you want to read some of my other posts you will see it's not .
You clearly have none because you do not understand the physiology around polydipsia / polyuria in diabetes .

There is absolutely no way a diabetes CNS would ignore almost every aspect of the clinical picture like you have, just to push a narrative.

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OP , sorry you thread has been a bit derailed by the discussion about potential symptoms. Will leave the thread now but glad everything is sorted now . Don't feel bad about taking him to A and E . I have met many families who's children have been diagnosed and felt they should have sought an opinion sooner .

Highly improbable/ really?

I wasn't pushing a narrative. I was stating that the symptoms are among those that children with undiagnosed T1D exhibit . I have met many children with diabetes and the symptoms are often classic but are often more subtle in the early stages . As I have said to the OP ,this has derailed her thread somewhat and I am off to bed ( but have noticed you still haven't mentioned you medical qualifications?? )

Thank you. And please don’t feel you have to leave.