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Can A Regular Blood Test Or Urine Test Detect Diabetes?
Question: Can a regular blood test or urine test detect diabetes. And what are the symptoms in children?
Brief Answer:
Diabetes is a disease of increased level of glucose in blood and not urine
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for your question.
Yes, diabetes can be detected by doing blood test like
1) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), a blood test in which blood glucose levels done (Fasting & 2 hours post 75 gram glucose load) or
2) HbA1c level.
Urine sugar test may help in prediction of diabetes but it is not used for diagnosis of diabetes (Urine sugar may present even in normal person).
In children diabetes may present as-
- Increased frequency of urination.
- Increased thirst.
- Increased hunger.
- Weight loss despite of increased hunger.
- Irritability, change in behaviour.
- Easy fatiguability.
- Blurred vision.
- Repeated skin and urinary infection.
In severe cases there may be-
- Abdominal pain.
- Vomiting.
- Severe dehydration.
- Cold extremities.
Hope I have answered your question.
I will be happy to answer your follow up questions if any.
Otherwise you can close the question and rate the answer.
Regards,
Dr. Abhay Mali.
Diabetologist.
Diabetes is a disease of increased level of glucose in blood and not urine
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for your question.
Yes, diabetes can be detected by doing blood test like
1) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), a blood test in which blood glucose levels done (Fasting & 2 hours post 75 gram glucose load) or
2) HbA1c level.
Urine sugar test may help in prediction of diabetes but it is not used for diagnosis of diabetes (Urine sugar may present even in normal person).
In children diabetes may present as-
- Increased frequency of urination.
- Increased thirst.
- Increased hunger.
- Weight loss despite of increased hunger.
- Irritability, change in behaviour.
- Easy fatiguability.
- Blurred vision.
- Repeated skin and urinary infection.
In severe cases there may be-
- Abdominal pain.
- Vomiting.
- Severe dehydration.
- Cold extremities.
Hope I have answered your question.
I will be happy to answer your follow up questions if any.
Otherwise you can close the question and rate the answer.
Regards,
Dr. Abhay Mali.
Diabetologist.
Note: For further follow-up, discuss your blood glucose reports with our diabetologist. Click here.
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