Glucose Tolerance Test

[Christianmom]

I was up in the wee hours of the night last night, worrying about my son as I know you all can relate to, and came across this site:

 

http://twicegifted.com/pandas-cause-ocd-tics

 

which suggests that PANDAS kids should be tested for hypoglycemia. The test suggested is a glucose tolerance test (4 hour test with all 1/2 hourly readings). I have never heard of this before but was very curious as I am hypoglycemic and most of my father's family (he was one of nine) were diabetics. Though I will say I have not seen severe signs of hypoglycemia in my son.

 

Has anyone had this test done? Should I consider this? My son's doctor is Dr. T and he has never suggested this. Nor has my son's lyme doctor, thought we have only seen him twice.

 

Here is another link:

 

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/OCD_and_Nutrition.html

[keeptrying]

I was up in the wee hours of the night last night, worrying about my son as I know you all can relate to, and came across this site:

 

http://twicegifted.com/pandas-cause-ocd-tics

 

which suggests that PANDAS kids should be tested for hypoglycemia. The test suggested is a glucose tolerance test (4 hour test with all 1/2 hourly readings). I have never heard of this before but was very curious as I am hypoglycemic and most of my father's family (he was one of nine) were diabetics. Though I will say I have not seen severe signs of hypoglycemia in my son.

 

Has anyone had this test done? Should I consider this? My son's doctor is Dr. T and he has never suggested this. Nor has my son's lyme doctor, thought we have only seen him twice.

 

Here is another link:

 

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/OCD_and_Nutrition.html

 

 

 

We have done this. I brought my daughter to a pediatric GI doctor a couple of years ago when I was trying to put the pieces together. He ran many tests and that was one of them. It is a 4 hour test done in a hospital. The only hard part was not eating before. The test came back normal which was good I guess. I am all for trying to rule it all out. Good luck if you do it.

[thereishope]

I only had it done with my last pregnancy. There may be a shorter, prescursor test they can do and see if that's in normal range and if the 4 hour is needed. Well, at least it's like that with pregnancies....