Keywords

abdominal pain, diabetic ketoacidosis, islet autoantibodies, ketonuria, nausea, polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus, vomiting, weight loss

 

Authors

  1. Glassford, Melissa A. DNP, FNP-C

Abstract

Abstract: The common chief complaint of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting should prompt a broad differential diagnosis list. When a 17-year-old previously healthy male presented to a primary care clinic with these symptoms, it provoked a detailed workup and found a startling diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). This article provides an overview of recognizing T1DM in children and adolescents with a thorough and diagnostic evaluation.