This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition GP’s should test a child’s blood glucose for T1 diabetes when key symptoms show.
Many parents who take their children to their GP with typical T1 diabetes symptoms are sent away.
They are told it is a virus or told it is nothing.
Many children present repeatedly before being diagnosed.
Undiagnosed, untreated T1 diabetes leads to ketoacidosi, serious illness or death.
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Every GP should know the typical symptoms of T1 Diabetes:
the Four T’s Thin (weight loss), Thirst, Toilet (frequent urination/bed wetting), Tiredness.
Also problems with blurred vision and a pear drop aroma from the breath.
A simple finger prick test at the surgery or a pharmacy will flag up T1 diabetes instantly.
T1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that attacks the pancreas which then stops producing insulin. It is not caused by diet or lifestyle and is frequently missed by GPs.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Diagnosis and treatment of patients is a clinical matter for the NHS and individual clinicians, not the Government or House of Commons.
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