My 10 month old has been displaying some symptoms of diabetes excessive drinking sudden extreme hunger lots of weeing ! i dont know how we test him at his age or if you even think its necessary ?

Keep the baby well hydrated and please see your pediatrician. These symptoms may indicate simply hunger and thirst or may be signs of an underlying problem. A urine and blood test to exclude diabetes, infection and metabolic problems may be ordered by your doctor.

The clinical manifestation of diabetes mellitus in young children is often very straight forward, i.e., excessive drinking/peeing and weight loss. Random blood glucose of 200 mg/dl or above, or fasting blood glucose of 126 or higher in symptomatic child makes a diagnosis. Oral glucose tolerance test is another one to rule out or confirm the diagnosis. Consult with your infant's pediatrician.

Diabetes in babies: If you are concerned about your baby having diabetes , please take your child to his pediatrician so they can do a finger stick to check his blood sugar.BS reading above 200 could mean diabetes.They may order a hemoglobin A1C.to confirm or run other tests. Most of the time, they will eat a lot but, do not gain weight or start vomiting out of the blue with no other GI symptoms.