My son seems to feel "hot"

[Shuga Buga's Mom]

I was wondering if anyone has noticed that their child feels "hot" after being diagnosed...
Michael was diagnosed 9/15/2007, just 4 weeks ago and ever since then he seems to be so "hot" to the touch. He doesn't have a fever and it doesn't seem to bother him.

Also, he's been waking up the last two nights ( around 1:30) screaming hysterically and complains that his legs hurt. We check him and he's 220. Went to bed at 165.

Called the endo on call and she said could be a lack of potassium from the insulin. Anyone have these issues?

[LJS118]

That's never happened to my son...interesting though.

[DustinsDad]

Haven't had the "hot" issues, but the hysteria in night-time, yeah. Haven't had an episode recently, but a few months ago he woke up screaming. I don't think he was really awake, though, because "the lights are on but nobody home". It was the scariest feeling - sent chills down my spine. After a few minutes (seemed like eternity), he started to come out of it. Test for bg was done while he was still "out of it", and was fine. Several minutes of hugging and rocking, and he was calm enough to go back to sleep. He couldn't express if it was a nightmare or not, so we just left it alone. Never want to go through that again! I never heard about the potassium thing - will have to look that up. I have heard about the B1 deficiency that seems to plague D people, and I keep lurking here to pick up whatever else I can about the maelstrom that is D.

[kel4han]

I notice that Maddison feels hot when she is really high, or has been high (over 300) for hours....I can say from my own experience that when I am high, over 250's I feel like I have a fever and my face and eyelids feel hot. Thats usually my first indicator that I am high.

As far as the potassium thing, I think that would indicate something other than an insulin issue......dehydration? When I was diagnosed I was having alot of leg cramps (only at night for some odd reason)

[deafmack]

I was wondering if anyone has noticed that their child feels "hot" after being diagnosed...
Michael was diagnosed 9/15/2007, just 4 weeks ago and ever since then he seems to be so "hot" to the touch. He doesn't have a fever and it doesn't seem to bother him.

Also, he's been waking up the last two nights ( around 1:30) screaming hysterically and complains that his legs hurt. We check him and he's 220. Went to bed at 165.

Called the endo on call and she said could be a lack of potassium from the insulin. Anyone have these issues?

I do not know about children so much but a lot of us older ones have leg cramps when our blood sugars are high. Leg cramps hurt like crazy. it could be potassium or magnesium shortage. I would certainly have the doctor check for reasons if it happens a lot.

[OSUMom]

Incredibly severe leg cramps was one of my son's symptoms prior to diagnosis (though he didn't tell me). If not symptoms - side effects if you will - I think it was from his dehydration - he lost 20 pounds and everything just going right through him. After diagnosis my son told me he was up at night with these in tears they were so bad. So perhaps maybe your son's potassium levels or whatever kinds of levels are still out of balance from before diagnosis.

My son feels hot when his BG is high - a symptom of it.

So the screaming could be the leg cramps very much so - my son was 18 - if he were much younger he definitely would have been screaming!

I don't think the potassium levels would be off from the insulin directly itself - insulin doesn't have it in it to begin with does it (?) I don't know. His body is just starting to work correctly and his body is beginning to get in balance again. He needs the potassium in his diet, but I am not a doctor!

[CC'sMom]

My daughter was given potassium pills at the hospital. She too lost a ton of weight.

[Kaylee's Mommy]

Kaylee will complain of her legs hurting.. if she's high or low.. not so much if she's right where she is suppose to be.. also.. she is constantly hot.. not so much to the touch... be she herself is hot, she HATES coats, sweatshirts, jackets, blankets at night.. but then she can be cold really quickly (I wonder why, when she doesn't want to wear a jacket and its 30 degrees out:cool: )

never thought to tell the endo any of this.. suppose I should let her know next visit:)

[Norajane]

We have had these problems alot. Ever since her diagnosis Mia would wake up either with leg cramps or night terrors. Both suck and are very scary. We push bananas which she loves I think it helps those leg cramps. But ever since we got on the pump, she seems alot healthier since a year ago so we haven't had as many issiues. Thank god.

Haven't had an episode recently, but a few months ago he woke up screaming. I don't think he was really awake, though, because "the lights are on but nobody home". It was the scariest feeling - sent chills down my spine.

This is definitely night terrors. They are horrible. My pedi says they can last until a kid is 7-8 yrs old. Mia always gets them when she is not felling well.

[OSUMom]

Dean had night terrors 13 years before diagnosis. If it is indeed night terrors, it's not Type 1 related - it's childhood "stuff". I researched it at the time and found not to wake them up not that you can anyway - let them finish it out. It's terrifying to see - but not psychologically or physically damaging or anything.

[wilf]

DD is often hot and appears flushed if BG has been above about 200 for any length of time, it is one of the ways we can tell she's high..