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Are Increased Appetite, Frequent Need To Urinate And Mood Swings Signs Of Diabetes?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... I have a daughter who will be 4 on April 4th. For the last week she has been asking for food nonstop saying she is hungry all day. She is small for her age. 29lbs, and yet her stomache looks bloated and sticks out. She also has urinated in her pants once for the last 3 days. She has been potty trained since 2 and this has never been an issure.She still wares a pull up at night, and wakes up with it soaked in the morning. She also complains of a sore tummy 3 or more times a week, for the last few month, she does drink a lot and wakes up 1-2 times a night scraming that she is thristy. She has also been having fits, and mood swings. She does have a new baby sister who is 5 months old. I m not sure if she is just acting out because of the baby, or if these might be signs of diabetes. Diabetes does run on both sides of our family. I m thinking that I should take her in and get her tested. Do you agree that this would be the right thing?
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Hello! Thank you for writing! I understand your concern! I congratulate you on your medical knowledge, and your good excplanation of the situation. As you said : polifagia that is the feeling of hunger, poliuria that is the need to urinate frequently, polidipsia that is the felling of thirst, and low body weight although eating a lot, are signs of diabetes. As also it runs in your family it is important to rule it out and to do a blood glucose test after fasting. So your child eats at 8:00 clock pm and in the 8:00 am of the other day with empty stomach you do a blood glucose test to check. In base of the results you should visit and endocrinologist pediatrician. It is important to rule this out. May be she wants attention too but better rule out the cause of diabetes.
Thank you. Wish your daughter good health.
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Are Increased Appetite, Frequent Need To Urinate And Mood Swings Signs Of Diabetes?

Hello! Thank you for writing! I understand your concern! I congratulate you on your medical knowledge, and your good excplanation of the situation. As you said : polifagia that is the feeling of hunger, poliuria that is the need to urinate frequently, polidipsia that is the felling of thirst, and low body weight although eating a lot, are signs of diabetes. As also it runs in your family it is important to rule it out and to do a blood glucose test after fasting. So your child eats at 8:00 clock pm and in the 8:00 am of the other day with empty stomach you do a blood glucose test to check. In base of the results you should visit and endocrinologist pediatrician. It is important to rule this out. May be she wants attention too but better rule out the cause of diabetes. Thank you. Wish your daughter good health.