Type 1 diabetes symptoms can come on quickly, particularly in children.
Non-urgent advice: Contact your GP if you:
- feel very thirsty
- pee more than usual, particularly at night
- feel very tired
- lose weight without trying
- have thrush that keeps coming back
- have blurred vision
- have cuts and grazes that are not healing
These are symptoms of type 1 diabetes.
Diagnosing type 1 diabetes
Your GP will take some blood samples and will check your blood glucose (sugar) level.
If they think you might have type 1 diabetes, they will advise you to go to hospital for an assessment.
If you are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, you will meet a diabetes team. This will include a diabetes nurse, doctor and dietitian.
They will show you how to:
- manage type 1 diabetes
- check your blood glucose
- inject insulin
