Advice on diabetes

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Hi my 2 year old daughter has always been very small, she is constantly thirsty and finishes drinks instantly I know there are a lot more symptoms in children with diabetes is there anyone who can tell me what the tell take signs are or what you might have noticed in your child if they have it. I took her to the doctors a while ago for something else and I explained of the constant thirst so they checked her sugar levels and they were slightly high so had to go back a few hours later and they were fine but I just have a gut feeling there may be more to it. Thanks

Diabetes has 4 main symptoms/signs:

Tired
Thirsty (excessive)
Thin (rapid weight loss)
Toilet (excessive weeing/wetting)

It is unlikely to be diabetes if she is otherwise well and isn't getting rapidly worse.

Does she have fruit juice/squash to drink? If so, Google 'squash syndrome'.

My son lost weight
Weeing a lot, wet overnight, woke up wet.
Excessive thirst.

Then had glucose in urine and very high blood sugar when checked, in the 30s.

What is she drinking?

My daughters main symptom was excessive thirst and urine. She was waking up at least 3 times a night to wee, stealing our cups of tea, and drinking water out of the mud kitchen. You could not leave anything liquid unattended without her drinking it.

I'd recommend getting some at home urine dip sticks so you can keep an eye on it. Or if you think the thirst is completely out of hand then go back to the GP or A&E and ask for a finger prick test.

Similar to FlyingPizzaMonkey my DD's sugars were 38 when she was admitted and that was fasted.

I had all the previous symptoms and also terrible cramps in my legs such that they woke me when sleeping. Also my eyesight temporarily changed around the point I was diagnosed - I am short-sighted, but became long-sighted for a few weeks, until I had got into a good regime with my insulin. The extreme thirst can manifest as hunger; my appetite went up but I was still losing weight.

Hi everyone and thank you for the replies, she drinks squash but not a lot a dash is all I allow. She is healthy I would say other than the usual kid infectious they pick up it was just the excessive thirst. She is not yet potty trained but I have to put two nappies on her at night but can sometimes leak them both, but I will try and cut down on her intake and see if that helps if not I will return the gp. Thanks again