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?

I am off to bed 😁. Glad your son is OK.

It's ridiculous to go to A&E for one episode of bedwetting and no other textbook symptoms.

You could have gone to a late night chemist and got some dip sticks/bm monitor if you were concerned and rang the GP in the morning.

Lot of cruel messages on here. I have type 1 and I am 100% on alert, as you, when it comes to my kids. Fast treatment can make a huge difference to outcomes. I was treated extremely early and as a result retain some pancreatic function. DKA is a medical emergency.

I wouldn’t necessarily recommend home testing if you are not experienced with diabetes.

Cruel messages?
It is not 'cruel' to point out that A&E was NOT necessary. This was not a medical emergency and should have addressed with a GP.
Now that there has been confirmation that A&E treatment is not necessary, surely they can leave and get some sleep before tackling any potential issues tomorrow

I wouldn’t feel a bit bad about taking him to A&E, but based on that blood sugar he’s pretty unlikely to be type 1. We have a couple of type 1 in the family, my 19yo family member is very strong and strong, works out and is a top student. Diagnosed at 8.

My family member was ambulanced to hospital immediately when they took him to the gp as a child just before he was diagnosed, and stayed there for a few weeks. Another family member was very luckily diagnosed at 2 weeks old. Otherwise she’d have died (this was longer ago). I would never tell anyone this is not a hospital scenario.

Yes it is good, but surely A&E is overkill? Here someone would simply make an appointment with their GP.

Just thinking broadly for a second… now that you know his sugars are ok, could he have had his first ‘wet dream’ and either failed to realise what it was himself, or absolutely realised and tried to cover it up as peeing the bed seemed less embarrassing?

where is here and how do you do it? Where we were in north London you start phoning continuously at 2 mins to 8, they open the lines at 8, and if you haven’t got through by 20 past you’ve missed out on an appt for that day.

I am T1 diabetic, treated with the Libre2 sensors and insulin injections 4 times a day.

FGS do not wait until soneone has gone unconscious before seeking medical help, this could lead to coma and death. I have lived with this condition nearly my whole life so I know what I'm talking about.

You sought help from A&E OP, and that was the right thing to do and especially as your sons' father has T1D which, ironically is heredetory. People with T1 carry the gene for their condition. T2 is caused by eating too much, their bodies can't produce enough insulin to cover tge weight gain.

There is a stronger genetic link to Type 2 than there is to Type 1. You don't get it simply because you eat too much. 😒

https://diabetes.org/about-diabetes/genetics-diabetes

Was it a wet dream?

Stomach ache is a textbook symptom

I don’t know much about diabetes but I do think you are foolish to be using AI to diagnose your families’ health!
I am not surprised you are anxious… you’d be much better to call 111 or see a GP or A&E. Forget the AI.

I hope all turns out ok. I think an emergency GP appt would have been more suitable given he didn’t have any symptoms to suggest he needed urgent treatment. What made you go to A&E and bypass an urgent GP appointment tomorrow? I know you’re worried but A&E’s are over ran, and really should be used for what it says on the tin, accidents and emergencies and gently, the symptoms you described didn’t need urgent treatment that day.

She is a scared mother wanting her baby to be ok. Type 1 is terrifying and deadly and absolutely an A&E matter, if it is type 1.

Well I'm not in the UK, and we don't have this ridiculous system where people are frantically trying to obtain an appointment within 20 minutes. Sounds mad to me. What about emergencies, surely they keep appointments for anyone with one?

Do you often catastrophise things? A trip to the GP in the morning would have been fine

Does type 1 diabetes deteriorate quickly? Could gp have tested in the morning? Anyway hope all is ok.

I am pleased to read his sugars are fine. Without wanting to be puerile, maybe his bedwetting may be something a little more erm… “mature” in nature. (Trying to be delicate here.) Hope it’s nothing medical. My DS was a ridiculously heavy sleeper. (Still is, tbh.) Maybe too much time online?

Yes it can deteriorate very quickly, undiagnosed T1 can be fatal. So a suspicion of T1 diabetes (and the OPs son did have symptoms with wetting the bed and stomach ache and family history) are a medical emergency and can’t wait for a GP appointment but need to seek medical attention as soon as possible.

I think you should get some help for your anxiety before you pass it onto your son.
My 5 year old gets a lot of UTIs and her symptoms are bed wetting and stomach ache, never pain when utinating.
To send him to A&E, tell him not to be scared whilst
you’re sitting at home panicking and mentioning diabetes is going to scare the poor child!

Also no wonder there’s such long waits at A&E if people are going for non issues like this.

I’m glad your son’s blood sugar is ok, OP. With the stomach pain, which can be a sign of DKA, you did the right thing. I was diagnosed as a teen and the main symptoms I had was an unbelievable thirst and very frequent urination - like 3 or 4 times an hour! I’d also lost a large amount of weight very quickly even though I was eating extra as I felt hungry. I never wet the bed. I think that’s more a sign in younger children.

Children of fathers with Type 1 do have an increased risk of Type 1 themselves, but don’t let this worry take over. They have more chance of not getting Type 1 than getting it x

OP you are being outrageous to use A&E resources that are for the severest, most unwell and even life threatening cases. Your ds wasn't feeling that unwell.

Are you seriously using AI to make decisions about your dc's health? That is out of order, unless you pay a private consultant but your son's cost to the hospital will have cost hundreds of pounds paid for by national Insurance contributions and taken up space that would have been needed for seriously ill patients.

You have to go through 111 or your GP, those are the pathways, so it would be more considerate to the wider public as well as your family and your son to not cause such a senseless drama and take him to a GP or practice nurse in the first instance. Seriously. 🙄

And you are banging on about AI and the content it generates like someone who has no critical faculties.

Whilst DKA is a medical emergency, the child had no signs of this. OP please get treated for your health anxiety.