2024年1月16日 · Wash and dry your hands well. Food and other substances on your hands may lead to a reading that isn't correct. Place a test strip into your meter. Prick the side of your fingertip with the needle that comes with your test kit. That needle also is called a lancet. Touch and hold the edge of the test strip to the drop of blood.

2023年12月15日 · Match your reading with lab results. Take the blood glucose monitor along when you visit your health care provider or have an appointment for lab work. Check your blood sugar level with your meter at the same time that blood is drawn for lab tests, being sure to use a fingerstick sample, not blood from the blood draw.

2023年12月14日 · To use most blood glucose meters, you first insert a test strip into the device. Then with a special needle, you poke a clean fingertip to get a drop of blood. You carefully touch the test strip to the blood and wait for a blood glucose reading to appear on the screen.

2022年5月6日 · A continuous glucose monitor, on the left, is a device that measures blood sugar every few minutes using a sensor inserted under the skin.

2023年11月18日 · Hypoglycemia needs immediate treatment. For many people, a fasting blood sugar of 70 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), or 3.9 millimoles per liter (mmol/L), or below should serve as an alert for hypoglycemia.

2023年11月11日 · American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes —2021. Diabetes Care. 2020; doi:10. 2337/dc21-Sint.

2024年3月27日 · A reading of more than 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) after two hours means you have diabetes. A reading between 140 and 199 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L and 11.0 mmol/L) means you have prediabetes. If your provider thinks you may have type 1 diabetes, they may test your urine to look for the presence of ketones.

2022年8月20日 · Hyperglycemia usually doesn't cause symptoms until blood sugar (glucose) levels are high — above 180 to 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), or 10 to 11.1 millimoles per liter (mmol/L).

2024年1月9日 · Exercise is a key part of managing diabetes. Exercise can help you: Improve your blood sugar levels. Boost your overall fitness.

2022年8月11日 · A diabetic coma is a life-threatening disorder that causes unconsciousness. If you have diabetes, dangerously high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) or dangerously low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) can lead to a diabetic coma.