Do You Know Your Risk of Diabetes?

About this event

St. Luke's Community Diabetes Screening offers you the opportunity to learn about your risk for diabetes, to connect to resources, and to create a plan to keep you healthy.

Screenings are FREE and require a finger stick for a blood glucose value and for a hemoglobin A1C value. This is a non-fasting screening, it takes 10 minutes, and the results are immediate.

Common risk factors for diabetes include:

• A personal history of high blood sugar
• Family history of diabetes
• Tobacco use
• Age
• Overweight
• Physical inactivity

Possible symptoms of diabetes:

• Urinate (pee) a lot, often at night
• Are very thirsty
• Lose weight without trying
• Are very hungry
• Have blurry vision
• Have numb or tingling hands or feet
• Feel very tired
• Have very dry skin