How can diabetes in a child be treated?
Patient: My 8 year old granddaughter is testing on levels on my glucose machine. Just because she is over weight I have concerns about her getting diabetes. She tested 301 and the 2 mins later she was 133. So you think this is the machine acting up or something I should be concerned about. i checked mine and they seem off too, what should kids her age levels be? Doctor: Get a laboratory test of fasting and post prandial blood sugar done. More so if there's any positive family history of early diabetes. Insulin is the treatment of choice for people with diabetes at this age.