World Diabetes Day is November 14

Are you at risk?
• Smoking
• Inactive lifestyle
• Overweight
• High waist measurement
• Family history
• Impaired glucose tolerance
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Heart disease.

Are any of these symptoms familiar?
• Blurred vision
• Constant hunger
• Tingling/numb feet and hands
• Always tired
• Frequent urination
• Sudden weight loss
• Vaginal infections
• Always thirsty
• Wounds that don’t heal
• Sexual problems.

Complications of diabetes are blindness, kidney failure, heart attack or amputation.

The freaky facts
• One in two people with diabetes don’t know they have it
• 371 million people worldwide have it
• 280 million people worldwide are at high risk of developing diabetes
• There are one million diabetes-related amputations worldwide per year. That’s one every minute.

Take a step against diabetes. Get your free screening test at your local Green Door Pharmacy during November.