Medical Sciences 4930F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Tanner Scale, Polydipsia

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Medical science 4931g lecture 11 pediatric diabetes: old terminology, before we get started with the module, let"s take a minute to point out old terminology that is no longer used in the field of diabetes. It used to be that type 1 diabetes was referred to as juvenile diabetes and type 2 was adult-onset diabetes. There is no family history of diabetes or other autoimmune diseases. Donald is in grade 7, and he is a good student. He is also very active he plays hockey and soccer and goes snowmobiling with his family. The family is intact, and his mother is a teacher and his father is a manager at a grain plant. He has 1 sibling who is 10 years old. The answer is a random blood glucose, which turns out to be 16. 9 mmol/l (less than 7. 8 mmol/l is normal). You also test his urine and find glucose and ketones present.

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