1 in 7 Of Us Have This Life Threatening Condition And Don’t Know It

My name is Steve Shannon, and I’m diabetic. Medication and monitoring my diet help keep my diabetes under control.

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Tuesday, March 24, is Diabetes Alert Day.

Consider this a diabetes wake-up call.

Diabetes impacts more than 34 million Americans. That’s more than the entire population of Texas.

Diabetes is rampant in Alabama.

If untreated, diabetes can cause blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage leading to amputation.

Here’s an alarming statistic. One out of seven adults doesn’t even know they have diabetes.

You are encouraged to visit a doctor and ask to be examined for diabetes on this Diabetes Alert Day.