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newly diagnosed diabetes type 1 thyroid blood test was borderline. What does this mean?

When my son was taken to hospital and diagnosed with diabetes type 1 3 weeks ago. They took all sorts of blood tests. We've been back to see the consultant today and amongst a boat load of information she told me that his thyroid test was borderline. I was so overwhelmed by everything (he was having his insulin changed to a different regime) that i forgot to ask what it meant? Any information gratefully recieved.

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1. stay away from carbs drink plenty of water and eat plenty of lean meat and of course away from sugar
2. Diabetes does not cause thyroid disease, and thyroid disease does not cause diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes are more likely to have thyroid disease. When thyroid disease occurs, you treat it. There isn't anything to do that will prevent it. But a borderline reading is nothing. It means that the doctor will check levels again in the future to see if they're getting worse. If they get worse, then treatment might be started (if it is bad enough to need it). What I'm trying to say is: a borderline test is nothing to worry about. It might develop into more in the future, but there is nothing you can do that will stop it, and once it does happen (if it does happen), then it is very easily treatable with a pill (or two) a day. Compared to his insulin regimen, one pill a day is not a big change. But this is all premature. It is just a borderline reading. It may have already returned to normal, and the next time he is tested it will be normal. It is perfectly fine to call your doctor's office next week and ask them. Doctors understand that you can't take this all in at once. You should ask your doctor to meet with a diabetes educator who will help explain things.
3. Balsam Pear aka Bitter Melona this helps control it ask your dr to see what he tells you
4. Both type 1 diabetes and thyroid disease are auto immune and patients with one condition are slightly more likely to have the other. Borderline suggests that the thyroid disease (you have not said if it is over or under active,) is nit yet sufficiently advanced to require treatment, but it will of course need regular monitoring.