Comments on: Misdiagnosis of Juvenile Diabetes Type 1 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/ Easily identify spider bites and view pictures of what spiders can do. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: anthony http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33833 anthony Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:19:37 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33833 I was 40 ish, stressed and applying lots of betamethasone to my skin... I ended up with diabetes type 1 diagnosis, within 2 years having studied type 1 diabetes to death I concluded i need to know if I had antibodies or lack of c-peptides. It was denied on the basis that I wouldn't be treated any differently. The test was only £90, I somehow felt deflated and didn't get the test done privately. How wrong was I. recently May 2010, three years later... my insulin was not behaving, I was not getting good control. I moved to a new district and the new consultant tried to help for a few months, then gave up and declared I might be type 2. I gave blood that day, within 3 weeks the results were correct, I was producing insulin, I'm on metformin with no insulin injections and its like I have my whole life back. How many people out there are type 2? In my district they inform me that if things don't stack up they simply get the test. I was 40 ish, stressed and applying lots of betamethasone to my skin… I ended up with diabetes type 1 diagnosis, within 2 years having studied type 1 diabetes to death I concluded i need to know if I had antibodies or lack of c-peptides. It was denied on the basis that I wouldn’t be treated any differently. The test was only £90, I somehow felt deflated and didn’t get the test done privately. How wrong was I. recently May 2010, three years later… my insulin was not behaving, I was not getting good control. I moved to a new district and the new consultant tried to help for a few months, then gave up and declared I might be type 2. I gave blood that day, within 3 weeks the results were correct, I was producing insulin, I’m on metformin with no insulin injections and its like I have my whole life back. How many people out there are type 2? In my district they inform me that if things don’t stack up they simply get the test.

]]> By: Jason http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33591 Jason Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:59:30 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33591 It has been about 11 years now that I have been diagnosed with Diabetes. It is peculiar that as I am reading I am realizing that everyone's story has some sort of surgery involved. Early June I has reconstructive surgery on my knee cap and in November the same year I was diagnosed with Type 1. I just told myself that the GENE was triggered by the surgery and went on with it thinking I was the only one, however that is not the case. It has been about 11 years now that I have been diagnosed with Diabetes. It is peculiar that as I am reading I am realizing that everyone’s story has some sort of surgery involved. Early June I has reconstructive surgery on my knee cap and in November the same year I was diagnosed with Type 1. I just told myself that the GENE was triggered by the surgery and went on with it thinking I was the only one, however that is not the case.

]]> By: colt http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33562 colt Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:12:53 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33562 Our 5 year old son had a tonsilectomy and ear tubes removed in mid-April 2009. 1 month later we took him flight for life to children's hospital......DKA. Diagnosed with Type 1. Doctor's mentioned the "stress" of the tonsilectomy could have triggered the eventual autoimmune attack. Unfortunately, we passed off his symptoms of lethargy and thirst to being related to the tonsilectomy. We will never forgive ourselves for not taking him to the Dr. earlier. 1 year later, he is my biggest hero ever........living like a champ!! Our 5 year old son had a tonsilectomy and ear tubes removed in mid-April 2009. 1 month later we took him flight for life to children’s hospital……DKA. Diagnosed with Type 1. Doctor’s mentioned the “stress” of the tonsilectomy could have triggered the eventual autoimmune attack. Unfortunately, we passed off his symptoms of lethargy and thirst to being related to the tonsilectomy. We will never forgive ourselves for not taking him to the Dr. earlier. 1 year later, he is my biggest hero ever……..living like a champ!!

]]> By: Aja http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33538 Aja Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:14:34 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33538 I want to make a correction_ I meant to say that drs will leave my thyroid medication dose the same or lower it once my tsh levels drop to 3.3 or below. In my experience 3.3 is still way too high for me and I know I need my tsh below 1.12. Many people are probably being under-treated for thyroid problems because of the messed up reference range. This range needs to be reevaluated and changed! I want to make a correction_ I meant to say that drs will leave my thyroid medication dose the same or lower it once my tsh levels drop to 3.3 or below. In my experience 3.3 is still way too high for me and I know I need my tsh below 1.12. Many people are probably being under-treated for thyroid problems because of the messed up reference range. This range needs to be reevaluated and changed!

]]> By: Aja http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33537 Aja Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:11:00 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33537 I believe that a low thyroid can cause diabetes because thyroid issues cause autoimmune diseases. I think the reference range for tsh levels is set too high. They just lowered that range from the highest number being 5. to 3.3. I still feel this is too high for most people. In my case I was diagnosed with hypothyroid with tsh of 40. I have had symptoms since year 2000 but my tsh and other thyroid hormones were all in the "normal" range. Now I am on thyroid medicine and feel a lot better however drs have found a huge connection between low thyroid and a person developing an autoimmune disease or problem. In 2000 my tsh was at 1.12 and I was having symptoms. The problem is that it is still in the normal range according to the reference range of a normal thyroid. So keeping this in mind, if I am being treated with the thyroid hormone to bring my tsh down, then once I get to the "normal" range the dr will think I am normal again and may leave my thyroid dose at 3.3 which I know is way too high for me and will contribute to an autoimmune disease such as diabetes, lupus. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthritis and the list goes on. Do you see the connection that I am talking about. So what I am saying is that I believe so many people are not receiving treatment for low and high thyroids because drs think their thyroid levels are fine when really they need to reevaluate the reference range again. Anyhow I dont know how this may help you, however I just wanted to get it out there and hope that things will change in the near future concerning this thyroid connection because I believe that most juvenile diabetes may be caused by a faulty thyroid. Thyroid problems are linked to Xrays, poor diet and many other environmental issues that we are surrounded with everyday. I had a neck xray done and after that my thyroid hit rock bottom and that was when I was diagnosed with low thyroid. I truly believe more people than we know have problems with their thyroid which drs are not recognizing yet because the "normal reference range for the thyroid is just set too high". I hope your son gets feeling better soon and Im so sorry to hear he has gotten diabetes. Good luck and if you ever want to email me: Avalisastar @ yahoo.com. Aja I believe that a low thyroid can cause diabetes because thyroid issues cause autoimmune diseases. I think the reference range for tsh levels is set too high. They just lowered that range from the highest number being 5. to 3.3. I still feel this is too high for most people. In my case I was diagnosed with hypothyroid with tsh of 40.

I have had symptoms since year 2000 but my tsh and other thyroid hormones were all in the “normal” range. Now I am on thyroid medicine and feel a lot better however drs have found a huge connection between low thyroid and a person developing an autoimmune disease or problem. In 2000 my tsh was at 1.12 and I was having symptoms.

The problem is that it is still in the normal range according to the reference range of a normal thyroid. So keeping this in mind, if I am being treated with the thyroid hormone to bring my tsh down, then once I get to the “normal” range the dr will think I am normal again and may leave my thyroid dose at 3.3 which I know is way too high for me and will contribute to an autoimmune disease such as diabetes, lupus. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthritis and the list goes on. Do you see the connection that I am talking about.

So what I am saying is that I believe so many people are not receiving treatment for low and high thyroids because drs think their thyroid levels are fine when really they need to reevaluate the reference range again. Anyhow I dont know how this may help you, however I just wanted to get it out there and hope that things will change in the near future concerning this thyroid connection because I believe that most juvenile diabetes may be caused by a faulty thyroid. Thyroid problems are linked to Xrays, poor diet and many other environmental issues that we are surrounded with everyday. I had a neck xray done and after that my thyroid hit rock bottom and that was when I was diagnosed with low thyroid.

I truly believe more people than we know have problems with their thyroid which drs are not recognizing yet because the “normal reference range for the thyroid is just set too high”. I hope your son gets feeling better soon and Im so sorry to hear he has gotten diabetes. Good luck and if you ever want to email me: Avalisastar @ yahoo.com.
Aja

]]> By: Lisa http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33240 Lisa Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:25:49 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33240 To Becky and all above, Becky I felt the same way when my normal healthy 7yr old was diagnosed with type 1D. It was really hard for me to except. It has been 4yrs and I still read and research everything I can. I do have many concerns. 1st is genetics, we have autoimmune diseases in our family such as Hypothyroid disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2nd is, there is a test that can be given at the age of 5yrs that will alert Drs. if a child is high risk. Why isn't it a required test? 3rd is environmental factors. Why haven't they been identified and made public? 4th is, the way Drs. train us to care for our children after diagnoses. During onset we are told to administer insulin based on carbs. and to push carbs. because the body needs it to develop. I'm ok with that, but more carbs. means more insulin which means the Drs. and Pharmaceutical Com. make money. 5th if we push carbs. like this we are creating fat cells in our children that will lead to obesity and more health problems.The food that our children consume and the medical practices of today make it hard to believe that anyone really cares about anything except the almighty $$$$. 6th is vaccines, My sons onset took place after a really bad reaction to the DTAP and several bouts of viral throat infections. My son is now going through puberty,and let me tell you that it is very demanding on the childs body. To the tune of 1u. of insulin per 4g. of carbs. That is alot of insulin.So we are now looking at other things like low carb. hi protein diets. And trying to cut carbs. to reduce the intake of insulin. If we cont. to do the work for the body it will never work for itself. Here is some info I found on the internet and I will include the link. Best of luck. And remember. You know more about your child than anyone else! You can choose to try other things. But never,never stop the shots until the blood sugars show that a reduction of insulin is needed. And pray hard for a cure. God Bless you and take care. " Most cases (95%) of type 1 diabetes mellitus are the result of environmental factors interacting with a genetically susceptible person. This interaction leads to the development of autoimmune disease directed at the insulin-producing cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. These cells are progressively destroyed, with insulin deficiency usually developing after the destruction of 90% of islet cells." To Becky and all above,

Becky I felt the same way when my normal healthy 7yr old was diagnosed with type 1D. It was really hard for me to except. It has been 4yrs and I still read and research everything I can. I do have many concerns. 1st is genetics, we have autoimmune diseases in our family such as Hypothyroid disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2nd is, there is a test that can be given at the age of 5yrs that will alert Drs. if a child is high risk. Why isn’t it a required test? 3rd is environmental factors. Why haven’t they been identified and made public? 4th is, the way Drs. train us to care for our children after diagnoses. During onset we are told to administer insulin based on carbs. and to push carbs. because the body needs it to develop. I’m ok with that, but more carbs. means more insulin which means the Drs. and Pharmaceutical Com. make money. 5th if we push carbs. like this we are creating fat cells in our children that will lead to obesity and more health problems.The food that our children consume and the medical practices of today make it hard to believe that anyone really cares about anything except the almighty $$$$. 6th is vaccines, My sons onset took place after a really bad reaction to the DTAP and several bouts of viral throat infections.

My son is now going through puberty,and let me tell you that it is very demanding on the childs body. To the tune of 1u. of insulin per 4g. of carbs. That is alot of insulin.So we are now looking at other things like low carb. hi protein diets. And trying to cut carbs. to reduce the intake of insulin. If we cont. to do the work for the body it will never work for itself. Here is some info I found on the internet and I will include the link. Best of luck. And remember. You know more about your child than anyone else! You can choose to try other things. But never,never stop the shots until the blood sugars show that a reduction of insulin is needed. And pray hard for a cure.

God Bless you and take care.

” Most cases (95%) of type 1 diabetes mellitus are the result of environmental factors interacting with a genetically susceptible person. This interaction leads to the development of autoimmune disease directed at the insulin-producing cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. These cells are progressively destroyed, with insulin deficiency usually developing after the destruction of 90% of islet cells.”

]]> By: Mike Ogden http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33085 Mike Ogden Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:04:14 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33085 I am a diabetic and as to if it is type 1, type 1.5, type 2 ect. given my medical history and extensive test results, mostly repeats but thats not My point. I have a lifelong history of ear infections along with some cuts that did not heal well, but seemed to fight off infection and illness like most people until the age of 30. From the age of 30 up to the age of 42 however I had a definite decline over time, but I always had a battle with ear infections and out of desperation to regain My health I bought into the stupid BS about all My health problems being linked to my consumption of diet drinks. At this point I began the downward spiral of bad health illness and decline in strength and persistent pain losing my health jobs, insurance and almost My life and finally My house. So I have drifted a bit off point here and that is that one of the byproducts or symptoms of being diabetic is elevated blood sugars which causes the person in question to have a problem fighting off infection and in some people high instances of ear infections. Of coarse every child with ear infections is not diabetic or pre-diabetic, but the likelihood of an undiagnosed diabetic child having a problem with ear infections is defiantly higher than normal. The most important thing I hope anybody takes from any of this here is do not ever accept anything as fact without questioning the motive and agendas of others and their biases and if you suspect for any reason that you are hyper or hypoglycemic talk to your doctor about it or if he or she won't listen go to Walmart and buy an A1c test for 10 dollars and if a problem is indicated bring the results to another doctor. I know a stigma exists for diabetics type 2 as if you were to believe what you are told type 2 diabetes is caused by being overweight and all you have to do in order to believe this is ignore the fact that all overweight people are not diabetic or even pre-diabetic or that 20% of type 2 diabetics are not overweight also neglected is the fact that there is a rise in the number of type 1 cases. It is much more likely that being overweight is a symptom and not the cause. The problem is quite simple pre-diabetes is an insurance term that has been accepted by the medical community because insurance companies do not want to pay for treatment until the disease has progressed to the point of requiring treatment because reality is absolute, but medical practices change as does understanding and acceptance. I am a diabetic and as to if it is type 1, type 1.5, type 2 ect. given my medical history and extensive test results, mostly repeats but thats not My point. I have a lifelong history of ear infections along with some cuts that did not heal well, but seemed to fight off infection and illness like most people until the age of 30. From the age of 30 up to the age of 42 however I had a definite decline over time, but I always had a battle with ear infections and out of desperation to regain

My health I bought into the stupid BS about all My health problems being linked to my consumption of diet drinks. At this point I began the downward spiral of bad health illness and decline in strength and persistent pain losing my health jobs, insurance and almost My life and finally My house. So I have drifted a bit off point here and that is that one of the byproducts or symptoms of being diabetic is elevated blood sugars which causes the person in question to have a problem fighting off infection and in some people high instances of ear infections.

Of coarse every child with ear infections is not diabetic or pre-diabetic, but the likelihood of an undiagnosed diabetic child having a problem with ear infections is defiantly higher than normal. The most important thing I hope anybody takes from any of this here is do not ever accept anything as fact without questioning the motive and agendas of others and their biases and if you suspect for any reason that you are hyper or hypoglycemic talk to your doctor about it or if he or she won’t listen go to Walmart and buy an A1c test for 10 dollars and if a problem is indicated bring the results to another doctor. I know a stigma exists for diabetics type 2 as if you were to believe what you are told type 2 diabetes is caused by being overweight and all you have to do in order to believe this is ignore the fact that all overweight people are not diabetic or even pre-diabetic or that 20% of type 2 diabetics are not overweight also neglected is the fact that there is a rise in the number of type 1 cases. It is much more likely that being overweight is a symptom and not the cause.

The problem is quite simple pre-diabetes is an insurance term that has been accepted by the medical community because insurance companies do not want to pay for treatment until the disease has progressed to the point of requiring treatment because reality is absolute, but medical practices change as does understanding and acceptance.

]]> By: Becky http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-33034 Becky Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:18:39 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-33034 My little girl was diagnosed with type 1 D last month on January 12th 2010. It came as a complete shock to us as I am sure it does to most parents. But we knew absolutely nothing about diabetes, it doesnt run in my husbands or my family. I took her in because she was drinking a lot and peeing a lot and I thought maybe she had a UTI, they tested her blood and urine and said to me and my daughter "her blood sugars are over 500 which means she has diabetes, you need to take her to the children's hospital and have her admitted right away". After recovering from the smack in the face I took her to the hospital and starting getting a crash course in how to take care of her. I have had a hard time accepting the fact that she has diabetes and I guess that's a normal reaction. I guess I just wonder why they never made her do a fasting test or anything like that. The one thing that has stuck out in my mind since we were told is that she had the H1N1 flu shot in October and then again in December for the booster. Maybe it's the guilt in me, maybe I NEED a reason as to why this happened. But it's just strange to me that know one in my entire family has diabetes and all three of my children have always been very healthy. What if making my little girl get the flu shot to protect her has given her somthing so much worse? I don't know. The best I can do is sit, wait, study, question and pray for a cure for all of these amazing little kids who show more strenght then I could ever imagine having. My little girl was diagnosed with type 1 D last month on January 12th 2010. It came as a complete shock to us as I am sure it does to most parents. But we knew absolutely nothing about diabetes, it doesnt run in my husbands or my family. I took her in because she was drinking a lot and peeing a lot and I thought maybe she had a UTI, they tested her blood and urine and said to me and my daughter “her blood sugars are over 500 which means she has diabetes, you need to take her to the children’s hospital and have her admitted right away”. After recovering from the smack in the face I took her to the hospital and starting getting a crash course in how to take care of her. I have had a hard time accepting the fact that she has diabetes and I guess that’s a normal reaction. I guess I just wonder why they never made her do a fasting test or anything like that. The one thing that has stuck out in my mind since we were told is that she had the H1N1 flu shot in October and then again in December for the booster. Maybe it’s the guilt in me, maybe I NEED a reason as to why this happened. But it’s just strange to me that know one in my entire family has diabetes and all three of my children have always been very healthy. What if making my little girl get the flu shot to protect her has given her somthing so much worse? I don’t know. The best I can do is sit, wait, study, question and pray for a cure for all of these amazing little kids who show more strenght then I could ever imagine having.

]]> By: raji http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-32795 raji Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:22:32 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-32795 Hi, one of my friend's nephew is suffering from juvenile diabetes and now he is having some stomach problems, they say its because of sugar , he is been given glucose drips now. can you suggest me any treatment, any diet control something like that. Hi,
one of my friend’s nephew is suffering from juvenile diabetes and now he is having some stomach problems, they say its because of sugar , he is been given glucose drips now. can you suggest me any treatment, any diet control something like that.

]]> By: Millie http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-32595 Millie Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:58:42 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/misdiagnosis-of-juvenile-diabetes.php#comment-32595 I would like to leave a reply about the diabetes article is this the right area? I would like to leave a reply about the diabetes article is this the right area?

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