My 5 yr old son was dx'd with type 1 diabetes when he was 26 months old. At 6 months old he had some issues with "reactive airway disease" (like asthma type symptoms) when he got colds, etc. and on and off needed albuterol - but it wasn't terrible. He seems to have grown out of that happening to him.
About a year ago he started having bowel problems and was very constipated (the pedi took an xray). We eventually cleared that up but afterwards for the past year he's had pale colored feces almost every time and an oily look to the water wth it at times. He was tested for celiac (blood test about a year ago and that was negative).
In the past week he has started with the bad constipation again and on Saturday we started having a very odd thing going on. He is a fantastic eater but didn't want to eat - said his stomach hurt some. For what he did eat it seemed he didn't need insulin for it. Suddenly he seems to be either not digesting the carbs in the food or only some of them. I have gone over all of this in more detail with his pedi endo but she has no clue what is the problem.
I see his regular pedi tomorrow - any advice on what I should ask for? Any chance this could be CF? Wouldn't it be backwards to have the diabetes dx'd so long ago then the cf? I can't say he has lung issues - problems with infections and the sort. I will ask her to retest for celiac just in case.
The reduced insulin needs are sporadic and really he is all over the place and I'm going NUTS! I know you guys know the feeling - any help appreciated!
Carol
About a year ago he started having bowel problems and was very constipated (the pedi took an xray). We eventually cleared that up but afterwards for the past year he's had pale colored feces almost every time and an oily look to the water wth it at times. He was tested for celiac (blood test about a year ago and that was negative).
In the past week he has started with the bad constipation again and on Saturday we started having a very odd thing going on. He is a fantastic eater but didn't want to eat - said his stomach hurt some. For what he did eat it seemed he didn't need insulin for it. Suddenly he seems to be either not digesting the carbs in the food or only some of them. I have gone over all of this in more detail with his pedi endo but she has no clue what is the problem.
I see his regular pedi tomorrow - any advice on what I should ask for? Any chance this could be CF? Wouldn't it be backwards to have the diabetes dx'd so long ago then the cf? I can't say he has lung issues - problems with infections and the sort. I will ask her to retest for celiac just in case.
The reduced insulin needs are sporadic and really he is all over the place and I'm going NUTS! I know you guys know the feeling - any help appreciated!
Carol