Diabities Testing
Posted on June 28th, 2009 in Diabities, Diabities Testing, Health News
How to test your blood sugar with diabetes
Everyone with diabetes should test their blood glucose levels or glucose regularly. Knowing your blood glucose lets you change your strategy for managing their diabetes, if they are not near your target blood sugar.
In addition, regular testing of blood sugar can help reduce your risk of long-term complications of diabetes. Based on studies of people with type 1 diabetes (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial [DCCT]) and type 2 diabetes (United Kingdom Prevention of diabetes [UKPDS]), keeping close to the normal blood sugar and HbA1c levels significantly reduces the risk of diabetic complications.
Means testing of blood sugar with diabetes
Traditional Home blood sugar control. The traditional method of testing blood sugar to prick his finger with a lancet (a small sharp needle), putting a drop of blood on a test strip, then place the strip in a meter that indicates your sugar level in the blood. Meters vary in features, ease of reading (with a larger screen or spoken instructions for people with visual impairment), portability, speed, size and cost. Devices results in less than 15 seconds and can store this information for future use. The counters can also calculate an average blood sugar over a period of time. Some meters also offer software kits that retrieve information from the meter and display graphs and tables of test results of its past. Meters of sugar in the blood and the test strips are available at your local pharmacy.
Meters and testing alternative sites. The new meters allow testing sites other than the fingertip, including alternative testing sites of the upper arm, forearm, base of the thumb, and thigh. However, data on other sites that can give results that are different from those levels of sugar in the blood from the fingers. The rate of glucose in the fingertip changes faster than other test sites. Esto es especialmente cierto cuando el azúcar en su sangre está cambiando rápidamente, como después de una comida o después del ejercicio. It is also important to know that if you are in control of their sugar to another location while you are experiencing symptoms of hypoglycemia, you should not rely on test results.
Lasers to remove the blood. In 1998, a laser to draw blood was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The laser device produces a precise beam that penetrates the skin on the finger instead of pricking that reduce pain and discomfort.
Monitoring System Continuous Glucose MiniMed. This device consists of a small plastic catheter (small tube) is inserted under the skin. Take small quantities of liquid and measure the sugar content of more than 72 hours.
GlucoWatch. In 2001, the FDA approved the GlucoWatch, a watch-like device that helps people with diabetes to measure their blood sugar by tiny electric currents. It is based on small amounts of fluid from the skin and measures the blood sugar three times an hour to a maximum of 12 hours. The GlucoWatch is considered a first step towards non-invasive monitoring of sugar, but has some shortcomings.
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