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Type 1 diabetes

Alternative Names: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Juvenile onset diabetes; Diabetes - Type 1 Symptoms: increased thirst increased urination weight loss despite increased appetite nausea vomiting abdominal pain fatigue absence of menstruation Signs and tests: The following tests can be used to diagnose diabetes: urinalysis shows glucose and ketone bodies in the urine, but a blood test is required for diagnosis fasting blood glucose is 126 mg/dL or higher random (nonfasting) blood glucose exceeds 200 mg/dL (this must be confimed with a fasting test) insulin test (low or undetectable level of insulin) C-peptide test (low or undetectable level of the protein C-peptide, a by-product of insulin production)

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