Diabetes screening: free tests offered by the Lions Club on the Bagnols-sur-Cèze market

Le docteur Louis-Paul Parma et Annie-France Mathieu du Lions Club. MIDI LIBRE

Le Lions Club de Bagnols-sur-Cèze organisait le mercredi 24 avril 2024 une matinée de dépistage du diabète. Le public du marché hebdomadaire s’est vu proposer des tests gratuits.

The screening action began at 8 a.m. Two hours later, more than 180 people had taken the test. "By mid-morning, we had already had five or six volunteers screened who had exceeded 2 grams" noted  Doctor Louis-Paul Parma, doctor in Bagnols-sur-Cèze and member of the Lions Club. The practitioner supervised the 19 volunteers mobilized by the Lions Club on this occasion. "When a patient is fasting, they should not go beyond a blood sugar level of 1.2 grams, and not more than 2 grams s’he had lunch" he recalled.

Tab Verdict

This is the case of this fifty-year-old whose curiosity led him to the charity association's stand where his flyers and self-tests were displayed. delicately grasp the left middle finger. A few seconds and a drop of blood later, the pricked finger was hidden under a small compress. Tab Verdict: "Impeccable. No diabetes". "How old are you ?" the Lions Club volunteer asked. "Fifty-four years" he replied. The screening volunteer measures 1.74 meters and weighs 70 kilograms. For breakfast, he had a pain au chocolat, a hot drink and a fresh orange juice. Doctor's conclusion: &quot ;No problem everything is fine".

Anonymous test

Under the small marquee, three nurses from the Lions Club continued to take blood samples. A volunteer assigned to the secretariat filled in the form of the person tested anonymously.

"A silent illness"

"Screening is effective" underlines the president of the Lions Club Annie-France Mathieu. If the result seems worrying, the doctor informs the person concerned and gives them, if necessary, a short note intended for their doctor. " We must treat this disease which is silent and perhaps formidable recalls the president of the Lions.

Fluo orange

"Every year, we do diabetes screening on market day"recalls Doctor Parma. It is obviously difficult to go unnoticed when you volunteer at the Lions Club and adorned in a fluorescent orange vest. What's more, on the alleys of Boulevard Lacombe.

There was a crowd at the stand

On Wednesday April 24, 2024, the charitable association deployed its armada of volunteers not far from Place Bertin Boissin. In view of the crowds observed around the marquee, we can agree that this screening action is a success. This success is certainly due to the privileged location that the technical services of the Bagnols-sur-Cèze town hall have allocated to the Lions Club. There was a crowd at the stand. Which undoubtedly contributed to the success of this prevention campaign

Casse-Cailloux

The Lions Club and the Lions Society Arte Pierre are organizing the Casse-Cailloux Challenge on Sunday June 9, 2024, from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Bernon   Tresques. On the mountain bike hike program (25, 35, 40 km) & walking (4, 9 and 19 km). Also note the joëlette hike (4 km). The profits from this action will be donated to sports disability.

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