Monitering and testing Diabetes Blood Glucose levels are important for sufferers.
Research has shown that keeping Diabetes Blood Glucose (blood sugar) close to normal will significantly reduce your chances of having kidney, eye and nerve problems.
DIABETES BLOOD GLUCOSE:
For people with diabetes that is treated with tablets or a special diet (Type 2), you should measure your blood glucose levels once or twice a week.
You should do a Diabetes Blood Glucose test before meals or 90 minutes after a meal.
Twice a month also do a 24-hour profile which involves measuring glucose levels before each meal.
DIABETES BLOOD GLUCOSE METER :
DIABETES BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITERING :
The main sugar that the body makes from the three elements of food-proteins, fats, and carbohydrates-but mostly from carbohydrates.
Glucose is the major source of energy for living cells and is carried to each cell through the bloodstream.
However, the cells cannot use glucose without the help of insulin.
A machine that helps test how much glucose (sugar) is in the blood.
A specially coated strip containing a fresh sample of blood is inserted in a machine, when then calculates the correct level of glucose in the blood sample and shows the result in a digital display.
Some meters have a memory that can store results from multiple tests.
A way of testing how much glucose (sugar) is in the blood.
A drop of blood, usually taken from the fingertip, is placed on the end of a specially coated strip, called a testing strip.
The strip has a chemical on it that makes it change color according to how much glucose is in the blood.
A person can tell if the level of glucose is low, high, or normal in one of two ways.
The first is by comparing the color on the end of the strip to a color chart that is printed on the side of the test strip container.
The second is by inserting the strip into a small machine, called a meter, which "reads" the strip and shows the level of blood glucose in a digital window display.
Blood testing is more accurate than urine testing in monitoring blood glucose levels because it shows what the current level of glucose is, rather than what the level was an hour or so previously.
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