A 12-year-old has weight loss, polyuria and polydipsia with a glucose of 20 mmol/L. What is the diagnosis?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Type 1 diabetes
- Step 1: Polyuria and polydipsia with hyperglycaemia in a child are typical of type 1 diabetes.
Answer
Type 1 diabetes.
Why not the others: Type 2 diabetes, Diabetes insipidus and Cushing syndrome do not fit.
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