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13 Year Old Has Fainting Spells, Lost Weight. Drinks Lots Of Carbonated Drinks. Is It Diabetes ?

Posted on Wed, 4 Jul 2012

Question: My daughter is 13 yrs old in the last few months she has lost weight and is now 7 stone 3 lbs she is approx 5'1 tall also her periods have stopped . She has had fainting spells, she is drinking lots of carbonated drinks, it all pointed to diabetes so I borrowed my fathers tester kit and checked her sugar levels this afternoon and they were high off the scale of the machine I left it a few hours and retested her and the system is still showing off the scale .... She is not poorly or having any symptoms of a hypo . Could this be diabetes or is there another condition which gives the same symptoms

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rakhi Tayal (2 hours later)

Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
The symptoms of weight loss with fainting spells could be due to -
1. Diabetes.
2. Anorexia nervosa.
3. Anaemia.
4. Cardiac rhythm disturbances.
5. Electrolyte imbalance like hypokalemia- low potassium levels.
All these causes need to be ruled out after proper clinical examination and appropriate investigations.
Since her blood sugar levels are on a higher side, she needs adequate treatment under the guidance of physician.
Hope this answers your query. I will be glad to answer the follow up queries that you have.
Please accept my answer in case you do not have further queries.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Rakhi Tayal.

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