Question
My young son has been fainting occasionally lately, both at school and at home. I initially thought it was due to low blood sugar, but after checking, it turned out that he has mild diabetes. What specific symptoms are there?
Answer
Early symptoms of juvenile diabetes mainly include several forms of manifestation: increased urination, frequent urination. Some older children may show that they haven’t wet the bed for many years, but now it recurs. They often feel thirsty and sometimes need to get up at night to drink water. Itching of the skin and genitals or recurrent urinary tract infections may often be accompanied by abdominal pain and vomiting. Due to insufficient eating and repeated vomiting, blood sugar levels may temporarily drop, or due to renal glucose threshold abnormalities, the appearance of negative urine sugar may occur, which is prone to misdiagnosis.