This document discusses diabetes mellitus and lists its common symptoms such as fatigue, excessive thirst, and blurred vision. It also identifies risk factors for diabetes like obesity, family history, and certain ethnic backgrounds. Major complications from diabetes are outlined as cardiovascular issues, foot complications, and retinal damage. Patients are advised to manage their diabetes through education, regular testing, eye exams, and clinic visits.
2. SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES
• Fatigue
• Excessive thirst
• Delayed wound healing
• Recurrent thrush
• Increased urinary frequency
• Weight loss
• Blurred vision
3. Risk factors of diabetes
• Obesity
• Large waist line
• Family history of diabetes
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Hypertension, h/o stroke or cardiovascular
disease
• Gestational diabetes, polycystic ovaries
• Of South Asian, Afro-Caribbean or Chinese
descent
6. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Attend diabetes education program
• Biannual blood test
• Annual diabetes check in the surgery
• Annual retinal (eye check)