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, in-person, 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.
If you have one or more of the following diabetes symptoms, see your doctor about getting your blood sugar tested. Do you need a doctor? Visit https://doctors.stlukes-stl.com/ or call Physician Referral at 314-205-6060
