Checking Your Blood Glucose Each Day
You can do a test to find out what your blood glucose is at any moment. Your health care team can
show you how to do the test yourself. Using a finger prick, you place a drop of blood on a special
coated strip, which “reads” your blood glucose. Many people use an electronic meter to get this
reading.
Blood glucose testing can help you understand how food, physical activity, and diabetes medicine
affect your glucose levels. Testing can help you make day-to-day choices about how to balance these
things. It can also tell you when your glucose is too low or too high so that you can treat these
problems
You can do a test to find out what your blood glucose is at any moment. Your health care team can
show you how to do the test yourself. Using a finger prick, you place a drop of blood on a special
coated strip, which “reads” your blood glucose. Many people use an electronic meter to get this
reading.
Blood glucose testing can help you understand how food, physical activity, and diabetes medicine
affect your glucose levels. Testing can help you make day-to-day choices about how to balance these
things. It can also tell you when your glucose is too low or too high so that you can treat these
problems
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