The event in Grand Prairie offered customers a chance to talk about diabetes and get tested.
The "Fade Out Diabetes" program looks to address those concerns."I think it’s important for our community to go get tested for diabetes because family habits, eating habits. Little things that might have been passed on from generation to generation," Jackson said. "If we don’t know our levels we can’t be in front of it to eradicate it from our system. Break the chain in our family.
"We have exciting new medications we didn’t have before like pills and injections that don’t lower your blood sugar. Low blood sugar is something that our customers are super scared and can kill you in minutes," she said. Jackson says it is crucial to stay proactive. "There’s a hesitancy and fear to go to the doctor sometimes in the community. There are a lot of inequalities and disparities that make it harder. The population has a lower percentage of being medically insured," said Dr. Esparza.
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