Could i be a diabetic! im only 16, male!


Question: Could i be a diabetic! im only 16, male
well today my mum and i were diccusing why i always feel thirdsty and nothing ever seems to quench my thurst, and the last few weeks ive been napping alot in the afternoons!. which i NEVER used to do!.
atm i drink about 4 or 5 glasses of water a day
i have no salt other than what is already in food
i eat alot of veg, but theres no fruits i like that much
i also tend to occasoionly drink those fuit boosters from cafe nero!.
occasionly i get like pins and needles in my toe and heal but not normal pins and needles its more faint and applying pressure doesnt get rid of them!.

i also sometimes getr aching limbs!.
im only 16 and im getting worried about it,
i always make sure i drink plently of water, but i also have about 1 or 2 cans of coke a week, sometimes less!. wondering if thats a factor!?
i dont realy have alot of suger, and have rasian bran for breafast most days!.
we only ever have best of both or wholemeal bread!.
we rearely ever have take aways or ready meals!.

please help im atchaly realy worried, i didnt wanna trouble my doctor if its just something thats easily cured!.

ive had the thurst and pins and needles things for about a year or two if im honnest but only now have i got aching arms and tiredness!.
i drink tap and brita filtered water, and when i go out tend to have bottled mineral water, or somethimes that lucazade hyrdo active, which refeshes me thatn water i find!. could that be cause of the salt and minerals!?


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Answers:
Hi Mate
I am Paul!.
I have been a diabetic type 1 insulin dependant for 50 years and still going strong!.
I think you should get your mom or dad or both to book an appointment with the nurse at your clinic!. She will do a very, VERY simple test to check if you have glucose in your urine!. She uses a dipstick called GlucoStik and it simply shows if you have sugar in your wee!.
You can check this yourself by just collecting a little of your urine in a small container!. then tip most of it away and let what's left dry naturally in the room!. then just put your finger in the container in an area where your urine has been and if it feels sticky then you may well have diabetes!.
These days its not as bad as it used to be and people survive long into the old years I am 52 and have been a diabetic since I was two!.
In fact type 1 diabetics are rarely "born" as diabetic but usually come down with the symptoms when they are quite young!.
The best person to tell you is the Doctor and the practice nurse will do a simple test as I described and then refer you immediately IF she finds glucoise in your urine!.
The symptoms you describe sound possible BUT its vital to get properly checked as all the time if you don't get the right treatment your body is damaging itself the sooner you get treatment if you require it the better!.
I have an inulin pump which delivers insluin all the time and is quite trendy looks a bit like a cross between a camera and a mobile!.
Check this site out and have a look!. It does amazing things and allows you to check allsorts of stuff to treat your diabetes rather than take injections all the time!. Just one every four days and thats it its very good look at the site!.
If you are diabetic ask about Insulin Pumps and they will refer you!.
I live in the South Birmingham area and the clinic is excellent there and they helped me get on the pump!. Its changed my whole life well worth it!.
It cost more than my car but I didn't have to pay a penny for it!.
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or
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http://www!.diabetesdaily!.com/forum/insul!.!.!.
This site can allow you to ask questions about diabetes and pumps!.
Then you can use this site to check out how to check your blood glucose levels whcih all diabetics need to do!.
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I cant stress enough though GO AND GET A CHECK!.
the nurse will test your wee, then if necessary refer you to the doctor who will do a small blood test called a Glucose Tolerance or maybe a Fasting Blood Glucose test!.
This just means you don't eat breakfast then he does the test first thing then he tells you the results later!.
Get the check SOON!.
By the way Diabetes type 1 is quite uncommon there are loads of type 2 diabetics but what you describe sounds more likely to be type 1 which is uncommon!.
Good luckWww@Answer-Health@Com

Get it checked out and see but I was recently diagnosed with diabetes although I don't need to take pills yet but have to change my diet!. I had no symptoms of any kinds, I do not drink water, it was found during other tests!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

you might have a blood test done for enemia!.!.!.and the worst case scenario is leukemia!. i dont see diabetes in your symptoms!.

see a doctor for tests, diagnosis and treatment!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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