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Negative urine test, diabetes type symptoms remain, GP not investigating further…

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Hi, bit of advice much needed please 🙏🏼 my 9yr old son has been having odd symptoms that (I think) possibly sound like Diabetes red flags…

*Increased thirst, constantly drinking lots and lots of water

*Always hungry (but never puts on weight)

* ‘Anxious’ episodes (feels like a big adrenaline surge) shakiness, pounding heart

* ‘Sweet” tasting saliva

*Tiredness but feeling hyper, so ends up even more shattered

*Thrush that re occurs

*Blurred vision (he’s visually impaired BUT has complained of vision being even more blurry this last 6 months)

*Anaemia type symptoms (paleness, dark circles under eyes, bruising too easily)

*Mood swings and nightmares

*(We try to avoid medications containing sugar and especially sweeteners as they make him extremely agitated and hyperactive)

He saw a GP today who dipped his urine and said ‘no traces of sugar in his urine’ and so no further investigation on diabetes needed

(she offered a full blood count though)

My question is, if a urine sample comes back negative for traces of sugar, does that definitely rule out Diabetes? ?

Thank you so much in advance 🙏🏼😊😊

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