Can diabetes symptoms come and go?

[Sophie2525]

DS (2 years) has been urinating so much the last few days. His nappy has filled every hour or so, to the point he’s leak 5 times today.

this happened a few months ago but not as severe, he had a finger prick test for diabetes which came back fine. Can diabetes come and go?

May be relevant, he has 3 aunties with type 1 diabetes. He seems more hungry than usual. But otherwise fine, energetic, not overly thirsty.

Do his Type 1 aunties live near you? Could one pop round and test him?
I don’t think symptoms would come and go but undiagnosed type 1 can be very dangerous and life threatening very quickly so best to get him checked if it runs in the family.
have you asked 111?

Could he have a uti (urinary tract infection)?

Yes as the parent of a type 1 child the symptoms can come and go for weeks as it can take a while for the pancreas to fail to the point of it being an emergency. Even once diagnosed they still can produce small amounts of insulin. If you have any doubt please keep getting your child checked by a doctor or borrow a finger pricker test kit from one of the aunties. You do not want to end up.in intensive care.

@DoYouSmellCarrots thank you for your reply. Can symptoms come and go after months do you know? As he had symptoms approx 3/4 months ago, finger prick test was fine. Then just starting again.

I did speak to ooh GP who said it’s unlikely diabetes as he had the finger prick test and was fine for few months.

If you are in doubt buy a test kit from boots or Amazon. They usually come with 10 test strips and you’ll know if you are worrying unnecessarily or if he is actually sick.
Im a type 1 it’s no joke, we can go from a bit high to dangerously sick within hours. if you are genuinely concerned then you need to do everything in your power to get him tested and helped.

I was disguised T1 at 21. I remember for a period of time when I was about 13yo going to the toilet every 15 mins and bursting to go after 15 mins. Perhaps a water infection, or precursor to T1?

My child was diagnosed at 19 and has me and my husbands sister’s genetic make up. I think it would be perfectly reasonable to contact the paediatric diabetes team to discuss how you can monitor your little one.

Yes from out experience the symptoms flared up 3/4 months before diagnosis. In our case our child was probably having a hypos. He complained a few times of feeling dizzy, weak and his eyesight being blurry. As it happens I would have given him an apple juice or something sweet which would have been the correct treatment for a hypo. I brought him to get glasses but once he was diagnosed 4 months later he didn't need them. He was running to the toilet and drinking a lot for the month before being diagnosed. Unfortunately the first Dr I brought him to suggested it could be diabetes but didn't actually do a finger prick or urine test. He just decided it could be a kidney infection tion and gave him antibiotics. I'm shocked at the negligence now that I know how fast it could have become an emergency. I put him off all sugar because of the supposed kidney infection and that probably saved him. When he didn't improve after a few days I went to a different GP who sent us immediately to A +E. We spent a week in hospital but amazingly he wasn't actually in DKA or didn't need intensive care like so many others. If you are testing yourself test after your child has eaten. Carbs make the bloods glucose go up. If your child hadn't eaten or had eaten carb free foods their blood glucose might not have risen much last time they were tested. Look up the symptoms of diabetic hypo too.

Get your child to A&E asap.

T1 diabetes is dehydration caused by high blood glucose hence unquenchable thirst.

Followed by weightloss then death so don't risk delaying treatment.

I too am a survivor of it.