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Pacific NW Diabetes Week - Get involved

How can you get involved?

MOST IMPORTANTLY

know diabetes risk factors & warning sings

RISK FACTORS for Type 2 DIABETES:

  • Obesity/Overweight
  • Lack of exercise
  • Unhealthy diet
  • Increased age
  • High blood pressure and high cholesterol
  • Family history of diabetes
  • History of gestational diabetes
  • Ethnicity
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    WARNING SINGS:

    • Frequent urination 
    • Excessive thirst
    • Increased hunger
    • Weight loss
    • Tiredness
    • Lack of concentration
    • Vomiting & stomach pain
    • Tingling sensation or numbness in the hands or feet
    • Blurred vision
    • Frequent infections
    • Slow-healing wounds
     

    See your health care provider if you have any signs

    		  

    Share those risk factors and warning signs

     

    World Diabetes Day is an official United Nation's World Health Day. It is celebrated every year on   November 14. World Diabetes Day is represented by a blue circle logo. The blue circle is the global symbol of diabetes and signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes pandemic.