What are Some Signs of Diabetes?

@GreenWeaver - I heard that too. I wanted to say that another risk factor of diabetes is excessive belly fat. In fact, my doctor told me that I needed to lose weight because the circumference from my waist was above 35 inches.

He said that slow weight loss was the key and if I lost 10% of my body weight it would dramatically lower my odds of developing diabetes.

I know that my father in law was told that he was pre-diabetic and he lost weight and never had a problem with his blood sugar again. I know that untreated diabetes can also lead to heart disease as well as other complications which are the reasons why I am really motivated to lose weight. Sometimes fear can be a great motivator.

@Comfyshoes - That is true and while diabetes is a chronic illness it is something that can be controlled. Controlling the environment in the school also helps these kids because it makes it easier for them to control their condition.

I also know that diabetes can run in families so if you start to develop warning signs of diabetes like unquenchable thirst and frequent urination you should definitely go to a doctor and have yourself checked out.

I remember that when I was pregnant, they did a gestational diabetes test in which I had to fast for twelve hours and then next morning, I had to drink a really sugary orange soda. They later checked my blood sugar over the next half hour to see if I had gestational diabetes. It turned out that I did not have gestational diabetes, but women that develop this condition usually have a hereditary component.

The good thing about this condition is that at least this condition ends when the pregnancy ends. They do say that women that develop gestational diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes later on in their life.

@Moldova - Wow that is drastic. I used to question policies like this and thought that they were unfair to the rest of the children that did not have this problem until a little boy in my kid’s school was given a peanut laced cracker that sent him to the emergency room and the little boy almost died.

It was an innocent thing because the other child did not understand what the harm would be in eating the cracker and now the school bans all peanut products from the school. People with this type of allergy cannot even be in the same room with any peanuts.

It is really severe, so I can understand that the school was trying to protect these students. I also think that kids with diabetes should be protected and a policy of not allowing children to share food is important because the lunches were prepared by the parents who know what their children can and cannot eat.

I know that the early signs of diabetes are increased thirst and urination. I had a friend that is diabetic and she said that the constant urge to urinate is what prompted her to go to the doctor because she knew that these were warning signs of diabetes.

Her daughter also has diabetes which is more severe than hers. Her daughter developed juvenile diabetes as a toddler and has always had to stay away from all types of sugary foods. She also had to have her blood sugar monitored daily.

This little girl was in my daughter’s classroom and when their was a celebration, I always bought sugar free desserts so that she would not feel left out when the other kids had cupcakes.

I think that it is hard for a kid to avoid sweets. As a matter of fact, this same girl later accepted a cookie from a teacher’s aide in summer camp. The aide did not know that she was diabetic and the school then instituted a no food policy in the school.

Children were not allowed to share their lunches and the school parties could not have any food. The only exception was for a child’s birthday and the cupcakes had to be bought from a store.

Diabetes is a serious condition that many people live with all their lives, but the school wanted to make sure that an incident like this would not happen again.