The Lions Club of Castries as part of its observance of the diabetes awareness month of November is happy to bring you the following information:
Diabetes has no face, knows no age, race, colour or creed and thus does not dicriminate along those lines. It is threfore important that all persons take the time to educate themselves about diabetes, it causes, symptons and most importantly how it can be avoided.
Millions of people who are affected by this disease but are unaware of the tell tale symptons of diabetes.
Are YOU at Risk to Diabetes?
The answer to that question is how many yeses you have provided to the questions below. If you answered " Yes"to more than one of these question you may be at risk to diabetes.
- Are you 45 years and older?
- Is there a history of diabetes in your family
- Have you given birth to a baby who weighed more tha 9 lbs
- Are you lacking in regular exercise
- Do You suffer from high blod pressure?
Do YOU Have The Symptons of Diabetes
The answers to these questions depend on whether you have answered "Yes" to any of the following questions:
- Are You unusually thirsty?
- Are You unusually hungry?
- Do You urinate frequently
- Are You experiencing unusual weight loss?
- Are You experiencing sudden increase in tiredness?
- Are You unusually irritable
- Are You experiencing blurry visions?
The Complications of Diabetes
The complications of diabetes include but is not limited to any or all of the following:
- Eye Disease/Blindness
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- Nerve disease (including foot ulcers which may result in amputations)
- Heart disaese
- Loss of Weight & Appetite
The great news is that studies have shown that the early detection of diabetes symptoms and treatment can decrease the chance of developing the complications of diabetes. If you make the necessary changes in your diet and increase you level of physical activity you can help control your diabetes or better yet reduce the chances of having the disease.
Your Choice
Make an appointment with you local diabetes association or medical doctor and take the diabetes test TODAY!!. You would love it and your body would love you for it.
3 comments:
Thanks for the info. It is good to see the Lions Club of Castries taking the lead role in brining diabetes awarness to the fore particulary during the month of November.
The use of a medium such as this indicates that this club has responded to the call to "Collaborate, Compete & Change". This I believe is vital to the survival and sustainability of any organisation, not for profits are no exceptions.
Once again thanks for the information and do keep up the good (oops great>work !!
Continue the work in education and awareness of Diabetes as a number one cause of illness and death among our people. Heighten the work among the youth as the number of cases with Diabetes are increasing. Keep up the good work
The Castries Club is surely looking outside the box and thus does not have tunnel vision. Great!!!
This really really demonstrates the community service oriented group that we are as Lions, to serve our fellow man.
There is so much taken for granted and in this synopsis of diabetes given on the site, at least when one reads on , he or she will and must ask themselves some questions.
The other question is, are we doing enough and can we do more, The answer I find lingering in NO.
However we have a start and can progress from here.
Roar Lions Roar, As we continue biting in serving our community better together.
Lion Willie R.
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