Know your Diabetes ❯ Are you at risk ?

Are you at risk ?

Know your risk for Diabetes. Get screened with no delay to save your beautiful life.
What is Diabetes
How to diagnose
Are you at risk
How to treat
Myths and facts
Know the History
Many people with Diabetes do not display any symptoms. It is important for you to know your risk for Diabetes. Being Asians, we are at high risk for Diabetes despite our age, sex, body build. If you are at risk, get checked with no delay.
Who needs screening?
Anyone more than 40 years of age should get screened for Diabetes and every 3 years thereafter.
A person with any of the following risk factors should start early and check more frequently.
Risk factors: .
  • Overweight/ obesity
  • Sedentary lifestyle/ lack of exercise
  • Prediabetes
  • Hypertension (High blood pressure)
  • High cholesterol and lipids
  • Family history: Having a relative (parent/sibling/child) with Diabetes
  • History of Gestational Diabetes (Diabetes during pregnancy)
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome (obesity related menstrual disorder in women)
  • Acanthosis nigricans (dark, thick, velvety skin over neck and arm pits)

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Sri Lanka Diabetes Federation is a comprehensive national programme, which has been designed with the key objective of preventing diabetes and related complications. It was launched on 01.10.2015 as the public arm of Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists.
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