Dr. Charles Powell didn’t immediately see the connection. At night, his daughter, Chloe, would insist that she was thirsty. Initially, Powell believed his daughter was just trying to avoid going to bed. With all the water, it was no surprise that Chloe was also wetting the bed at night. Normally childhood behavior, right? Dr. Powell thought so until he noticed how frequently his child was using the bathroom.
“I figured she had a urinary tract infection,” Powell said. But his daughter’s urine test pointed to dangerously high level of sugar, it was clear that she Chloe had type 1 diabetes. Even though Powell is a family physician, he did not immediately recognize his daughter’s condition.
With that in mind, here are eight diabetes symptoms parents should keep an eye out for.
Abnormal thirst is caused by a sugar build up in your bloodstream. It drains fluids from the tissues. So noticing that your child is consistently thirsty is one of the easiest symptoms to spot.
Frequent urination as a consequence of drinking so much results in endless trips to the bathroom.
Blurry vision is a sign that your child may need glasses. But it could point to diabetes as sugar pulls the lens fluid from the eye, which can result in difficulty focusing.
Moodiness may be a sign of diabetes.
Losing weight can happen as a consequence your child’s depleted energy sugar supplies.
Intense hunger results because your child’s body is screaming for energy. Without enough insulin, sugar is not moving through to the cells. As a consequence, your child will still feel hungry – even after eating.
Itchy skin as a consequence of poor circulation and yeast infections is a common diabetes symptom.
Exhaustion due to a lack of sugar in your child’s cells can result in low energy levels
So if you notice that your child has more than one of these symptoms, take he or she to your family doctor, so that the necessary diabetes tests can be run.
