PROGRAM 1

The DIABETES AND YOU panelists, Dr. Harold F. Leeper, Dr. Richard F. Terry, and Dr. Kenneth J. Allen, discuss:

Risk factors for diabetes including:

• High blood pressure, even if being treated
• Low HDL - good cholesterol less than 35
• High triglycerides - greater than 250
• History of gestational diabetes
• Obesity
• Lack of sufficient physical activity
• Presence of any vascular (blood vessel) disease
• Family history
• Ethnic background
• African - American
• Native American
• Asian - American
• Polysystic ovarian disease

Heart Disease and Diabetes

Eye Disease and Diabetes

Common symptoms of daibetes:

• Increasesd thirst and urination
• Increased appetite
• Unexplained weight loss
• Blurred vision

If you think that you may have diabetes you should see your primary care physician and ask for a blood sugar test.

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