11.2 Blood Sugar

[EzandIssyMum]

Hi all,
I’m hoping for some reassurance or honest opinions.
My 3 year-old (complex medical history – asthma, recurrent wheeze etc) has been a bit “off” since the 9th. We went out for ice cream and chicken, and that night he became really unwell with sickness, diarrhoea and a temperature. I assumed viral gastroenteritis.
He recovered from that, but honestly hasn’t seemed quite right since.
Over the past few days he’s been drinking more than usual .I’ve also noticed he can be very aggy at times (but again could be normal as all toddlers have there moments ) and quite a lot of sweating at night.
He’s also been soaking through his nappy/bed almost every night, which isn’t usual for him.
When he was in hospital recently (for something unrelated), a nurse noted he was shaky while drinking but said it was most likely from salbutamol.

I asked a family member who is diabetic if I could borrow one of her testing devices. She tested him and seemed quite concerned at his 11.2 reading and told me to contact my GP ASAP.
I’ve since spoken to my GP, who advised me to do an e-consult in the morning. The receptionist said that those levels don’t sound worrying given he’d just been snacking, and that as long as he isn’t presenting as unwell it isn’t an emergency and we should wait for an appointment like everyone else.
He’s otherwise himself – active, playing, no obvious weight loss, no current vomiting.
Am I overthinking this? Is 11.2 after juice normal for a toddler?

Please see advice on this link which states he is just above the cut off to go straight to A&E: https://www.childrenwithdiabetesuk.org/signs-and-symptoms-of-diabetes/

It seems high, but you’ll need to have him properly tested. Advice for diabetics is to keep below 10 by two hours after eating. For non diabetics it 7.8 by two hours after eating.

A single blood sugar reading of 11 wouldn’t signal a medical emergency for most people, but it could mean he had diabetes. Just get an appointment as soon as you can!

And if he starts to have any worrying symptoms like drowsiness, please don’t rely on mumsnet and get advice from a medical professional, eg call 111.

Does it come back down?

I don’t think anyone can tell you, he would need to have an Hba1c test. When my child was diagnosed his glucose levels were so high they just read as ‘high’ which I think was above 28.

A receptionist can’t advise on blood sugar levels! I would phone back or just phone 111. Any concerns and take him to A&E. Acceptable blood Glucose levels are different once diagnosed. If you were concerned enough to do a finger prick then get him seen. Those are enough symptoms to get seen. And then feed back to the go surgery

Please follow the advice in @Maiyakat link. That is actual advice not any reassurance anyone can give you on the internet. Phone back the Gp and then 111 who will tell you to go to A&E

A&E tonight is the fastest route you have to paediatrics. If a GP called me with that story and that blood sugar, I would be admitting to paediatrics same day. It is so much less scary for everyone when you can diagnose and start treatment for diabetes before the child gets sick as a dog. I'm not saying this is diabetes, but it is highly likely to be, and not worth taking any chances.

Our local paediatric diabetes lead regularly loses it about how casually some local GPs treat the possibility of diabetes in children. This is not like an adult very gradually developing type 2 diabetes, children can go down much faster. A query of diabetes in a young child should always be addressed same day.

How is everything @EzandIssyMum?