Simple Health Checks You Can Do at Home

The diabetes test

Diabetes is definitely one you’ll need to get your doctor’s full diagnosis for, but if you think you may be developing it or have it, ask a loved one to help you with this self-test: Grab a pencil with an eraser and have helper touch your foot and toes with the sharp end of the pencil and with the eraser, one after the other. People with nerve damage on their feet might not feel a difference—and this type of low sensitivity might mean diabetes.