Diabetes: Preschooler
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3 Year Old Craving Sugar? Diabetes?
Asked by T.B. from Eau Claire
on September 16, 2009
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I have a 3 year old who for the last couple days has started having accidents after being dry for almost 6 months. Also, he has been craving sugar like crazy! He thr...
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- T., First of all, if your child were diagnosed with diabetes, it would be type 1 - which has not been proven to be hereditary. It would not be treatable with a pil...
- Sometimes children start having "accidents" again on purpose because it is attention getting behavior, I would especially bet on it considering that you have other chi...
- i wonder - does he/has he had ear infections? any type of yeast infection would make a kid crave sugar, and some ear infections are caused by yeasts. so ask your do...
Diabetes
Asked by Y.I. from Dallas
on January 14, 2010
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What are the symtoms of diabetes? I looked on line and kept getting sent from one site to another. I'm thinking my 20 year old daughter is hypoglycemic(spelling) or ...
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- Hi Y.. No matter if it's hypoglycemia or diabetes, your daughter needs to go to the doctor for a diagnoses. My husband, my 3 year old daughter and my 6 year old son al...
- I think if you'll try the American Diabetes Association they can answer your questions. http://www.diabetes.org/ Try the Diabetes Basics for the basic info. At ...
- Y., If she does have diabetes, 90 percent of cases can be controlled by proper diet and exercise. If she has hypoglycemia, which I have had, it can also be controlle...
Diabetes?
Asked by S.H. from Washington DC
on January 2, 2008
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My daughter has been asking for a lot of "sip sips" or drinks lately. I'm pretty sure I'm giving her what she needs each day but she constantly wants more. The whole f...
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- I understand your concerns, my brother was diagnosed with diabetes at age 3, so everytime my son wants an extra glass of water I start to worry. My mom said my brothe...
- I would definetly make an earlier appointment. Diabetes is nothing to fool around with, and excess thirst is definetly a sign. To me the risk of diabetic coma or shock...
- If there is any communication barrier with your doctor, then I would find a new doctor. If you are not comfortable with the answer, I would ask again and then get...
Diabetes in a 4 Year Old?
Asked by C.F. from Dallas
on August 25, 2007
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My 4 year old niece is visiting and I noticed she drinks ALOT of water constantly. She's not overly active and my daughter (6 3/4) has always been a water drinker but...
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- A friend who is a doctor told me that diabetics do three things: Eat a lot, Drink a lot and Pee a lot. Don't know how it works for kids but wanted to share that with y...
- My daughter, now 14, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just after her fourth birthday, ten years ago. Her only symptom was excessive thirst. I knew what she had as my...
- A real quick answer would be - does her breath smell fruity or have a funny sweet odor to it? If she does have the smell take her to the DR and have her checked. If ...
Help with 4 Year Old
Asked by K.D. from Boston
on August 6, 2008
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My son has recently turned 4. In the past month, he's started screaming when he's frustrated. My husband and I are not yellers. We get along really good and very rarel...
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- I teach preschool and went through something that sounds very similar with one of my 4 year old students. It turned out she has diabetes which was why she was so hung...
- My 3 year old daughter has also recently started screaming when she is upset or frustrated or when things just aren't going her way. What we usually do, which has bee...
- Hi K. - Around the same age my oldest son Matthew started acting the same way as your son is. Major meltdowns over small things, and when he is hungry it is worse....
Signs of Diabetes??
Asked by K.M. from Nashville
on May 16, 2008
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I dont know much about diabetes so hopfully some of you can give me some good advice...my four yr. ofd daughter has recently been wetting the bed quite frequently. I w...
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- K., Hi there. I have diabetes and its no fun. Yes you need to go and talk to your Daughters Dr. about this. Diabetes is nothing to play around with. There are a...
- As a nurse I can tell you that she has CLASSIC signs and symptoms of diabetes. Get her to her pediatrician ASAP. In the meantime, lay off the juice! The more she dr...
- K., The 3 classic signs of diabetes are: -Polyuria (increased urination) -Polydipsia (increased thirst) -Polyphagia (increased hunger) It sounds as though your da...
3 Year Old Wetting Good Nites
Asked by S.S. from Great Falls
on January 13, 2008
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I have a 4 year old and 3 year old step sons....the 4 year old goes all day and night without peeing his pants. the 3 year old will go all day but at night he will we...
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- Boys take longer for their muscles for control develop enough. I know of many boys who have wet the bed well into their teens. Just give it time...sounds like his cont...
- Some kids are not ready to stay dry all night long, especially boys. My daughter went regularly in the potty about two weeks before she turned three and I had diapers...
- night time potty trained comes a lot later on average than just daytime potty trained. it is normal for kids to wear a pull up at night only till 5 or 6 sometimes. or ...
4 Year Old Son Having Behavior Problems
Asked by J.T. from Boca Raton
on March 5, 2007
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Does anyone have any suggestions to help me out with my 4 year old son. While picking him up from daycare last week, the teacher told me that he is having behavioral ...
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- Try the book, '1-2-3 Magic!' It works well, if you stick with the method described by the author for disciplining children. It's easy to implement and easy for a 4 y...
- ok...my daughter is almost 5 and has the same troubles at school....the answer is. do a chart with every day on it...for each day where he behaves good you put a stic...
- Get a second opinion after your son goes to the pediatrician if you are not satisfied. This is our right as consumers of insurance. Also, check in local healthfood sto...
4 Year Old Wants to Pee All the Time
Asked by J. from Santa Fe
on September 17, 2010
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Hi Moms,
My 4 year old daughter started to behave weird in the last week. She tries to go pee very often. Sometimes she may go as often as 4 times in an hour, some ...
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- I noticed that my daughter will pee, and act like shes done, and 5-10 minutes later has to go again. I have found that she most often does this in an effort to contro...
- yep, sometimes kids just want to do it. I know, its weird. But if the doc has checked her out, and all seems well, then i wouldnt be too concerned. Continue to ask her...
- We have in the past. My son did that and the doctor happened to check him for strep throat. He was positive for strep. He had no other symptoms - no fever, no sore ...
Hyper 4 Year Old
Asked by J.L. from Chicago
on October 2, 2010
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My 4 year old daughter is so hyper at times and I'm starting to loose my patience with her. I'm always telling her to calm down, stop running, ect... what makes it wor...
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- Normally ADHD can not be diagnosed until a child is 6 years old simply because children change as they grow up and hyperactivity typically reduces as a child grows. T...
- You really can't diagonose ADHD until age 5. Both my children has ADD and ADHD, but they were diagonsed at age 6 and 7 years old. My children's school did a wonderfu...
- If she is super hyper, you just have to work harder to wear her out before she wears you out. Some days my kids are more hyper than others so I try to find activities ...
