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amother
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 Mon, Dec 16 2024, 10:10 am
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My 9 year old son is suddenly waking up at least once a night (sometimes more) to use the bathroom. He never used to do this. He is not constipated AFAIK. What else can be causing this?
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GiGichai
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 10:14 am
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Type 1 diabetes? Strep? Pandas?
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amother
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 10:16 am
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Pinworms? Although waking once a night is considered normal and might not be an issue. But you can go to the pediatrician to rule anything out.
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Ivory
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 10:43 am
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It could be diabetes, take him to the doctor
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amother
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 11:16 am
| amother Ivory wrote: | | It could be diabetes, take him to the doctor |
That's a scary thought. Any way I can test his blood sugar levels without doing full bloodwork? Would doctor pinprick in the office? He is impossible when it comes to blood tests...
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amother
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 11:18 am
| amother OP wrote: | | That's a scary thought. Any way I can test his blood sugar levels without doing full bloodwork? Would doctor pinprick in the office? He is impossible when it comes to blood tests... |
If you suspect diabetes you need to do full bloodwork even if he’s impossible. There is no way around something as serious as that. Trust me I know. I have a kid who needed a year of medical tests and it was torture for all of us but it was too bad and we did it anyway.
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amother
Chartreuse
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 11:41 am
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For my husband is was diabetes I couldn’t understand why a grown adult couldn’t hold his bladder at night guess what I was right and something was wrong he’s a diabetic
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Sunflower
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 11:43 am
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My doc does pinpricks at the office to test blood sugar. If within normal range why put them through a full blood test?
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Holly
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 12:49 pm
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Start with a strept culture
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Gold
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 12:56 pm
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A urine sample with a dip stick test in the office can screen blood sugar levels, if abnormal they would do a blood test
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amother
Yellow
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 1:02 pm
Why’s everyone jumping to diabetes?? Waking up once during the night is normal.
OP how is he during the day?
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amother
Trillium
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 1:04 pm
| amother Yellow wrote: | Why’s everyone jumping to diabetes?? Waking up once during the night is normal.
OP how is he during the day? |
Right?
When you hear hoofbeats think horses, not zebras.
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amother
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 1:11 pm
| amother Sunflower wrote: | | My doc does pinpricks at the office to test blood sugar. If within normal range why put them through a full blood test? |
Not a good indicator of diabetes. Not that I think diabetes is the answer here. But if the doctor suspects and wants to go that route the only responsible path is a full blood panel.
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amother
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 1:36 pm
| amother Yellow wrote: | Why’s everyone jumping to diabetes?? Waking up once during the night is normal.
OP how is he during the day? |
Thanks for calming me down. It's hard to know about the day because he is in school for so much of the day. The only reason I'm concerned is because it's sudden onset - he's been sleeping through the night without waking to use the bathroom for years already. I'll ask him about the day and see if he noticed any difference in the amount of times he uses the bathroom. If it persists for a few more nights I will take him to the doctor.
Definitely not strep since he's currently on antibiotics.
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Nemesia
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Mon, Dec 16 2024, 2:02 pm
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With my dd, it was a uti.
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