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Old 11-01-2006, 11:20 AM
slipperyelm slipperyelm is offline
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I am a: Type 2
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Diabetes Screening?

Do "they" even screen for diabetes? Do doctors routinely add any kind of blood glucose testing to general physical exams? Or is it only when a patient comes in with conditions and complaints consistent with diabetes that they get tested?

Seems to me a lot of people get tested annually for cholesterol levels, but how about BG? Or older women get mammograms every few years but what about BG levels? There are a number of routine screenings, but I'm not aware of diabetes being one of them. Seems to me if the US population is estimated to actually have as many undiagnosed as diagnosed Type 2s, there would be more screening for it.

As for me, I was diagnosed when I went to the doctor and _asked_ to be tested because I recognized the symptoms.
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