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nani - 23 Jan 2006 04:36 GMT

just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg in the
am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as diabetic but has been very
thirsty, losing weight.

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Alexander Arnakis - 23 Jan 2006 04:49 GMT

>just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg in the
>am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as diabetic but has been very
>thirsty, losing weight.

Don't wait for the fasting blood glucose. Get him to a hospital
emergency room right away.

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Julie Bove - 23 Jan 2006 05:25 GMT

> just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg in the
> am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as diabetic but has been very
> thirsty, losing weight.

Don't wait till the morning. Have him wash his hands and test again. If
it's still that high, get him to the Dr. He could be type 1 and if you
delay, he could die.

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Ozgirl - 23 Jan 2006 05:45 GMT

> just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg
> in the am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as

diabetic but has

> been very thirsty, losing weight.

Holy cow, take that boy to the ER right now, don't wait for
anything else at all. At 20 it is most likely type 1
diabetes and he can sink very fast without treatment - like
hours. Don't mean to scare you but this needs to be checked
out yesterday.

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Nico Kadel-Garcia - 23 Jan 2006 09:23 GMT

>> just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg
>> in the am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as diabetic but has
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> hours. Don't mean to scare you but this needs to be checked
> out yesterday.

Take him to a *good* ER at a hospital that specializes in or has serious
competence in diabetes. The boy is going to need a bed for a few days.

In the meantime, do *not* make him exercise: he's doubtlessly burning
protein/fat instead of glucose and thus is in ketosis, and you don't want to
help him get it so seriously it makes his blood acidic (known as
keto-acidosis).

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W.M.McKee - 23 Jan 2006 14:35 GMT

>just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg in the
>am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as diabetic but has been very
>thirsty, losing weight.

Just my $.02, but you are dealing with a killer, who is in kill mode.
Do not procrastinate. A life hangs in the balance. I know what it
feels like to be that high, and so do very many of the rest of us.

Get to the ER immediately! Prolonged high levels like you are
describing can very quickly cause serious damage, and if it gets any
worse, death.

Will, T2

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Ma¢k - 23 Jan 2006 16:42 GMT

>just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg in the
>am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as diabetic but has been very
>thirsty, losing weight.

DO NOT WAIT TO CHECK HIS FASTING BG, CALL YOUR DOCTOR NOW OR TAKE HIM
TO THE ER AND GET HIM CHECKED OUT. YOU ARE DESCRIBING TYPE 1 ONSET
WHICH CAN BE LIFE THREATENING.

and yes I did mean that as shouting.

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