Blood Glucose Monitors: Essential Tools for Diabetes Care

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Why is blood glucose monitoring important?

Blood glucose monitoring is an essential tool for managing diabetes. It helps identify how your blood sugar levels respond to factors such as diet, exercise, and medications so you can change your diabetes management plan as needed. Checking your blood sugar level is one of the best ways to understand your diabetes.

What is regular blood glucose monitoring?

Regular blood glucose monitoring is a way to gather information about how your blood sugar levels respond to your day-to-day activities. These readings can help you and your doctor make informed decisions about your diabetes management plan.

What is continuous glucose monitoring?

Continuous glucose monitoring means using a device to automatically estimate your blood glucose level, also called blood sugar, throughout the day and night. You can see what your blood glucose level is at any time. You can also review how your blood glucose level changes over a few hours or days and spot trends.

What is a flash glucose monitor & continuous glucose monitor?

Flash glucose monitors and continuous glucose monitors let you check your sugar levels without you having to prick your fingers. You wear a small sensor on your body day and night that reads your sugar levels so you can see the information on your mobile, or other device.

Why do you need a blood glucose monitor?

Seeing your blood glucose levels in real time can help you make more informed decisions about the food and beverages you consume, the physical activity you do, and the medicines you take. Keeping your blood glucose level in your target range can help prevent other health problems caused by diabetes. How does a continuous glucose monitor work?

How to monitor blood glucose?

Glucose monitoring can be done in two ways, blood glucose monitoring (BGM) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Blood glucose monitoring— BGM requires fingersticks to get small samples of blood. The glucose level in the blood sample is measured with a glucose meter. The detailed steps for checking blood glucose through BGM are described below.

What are test strips & blood glucose monitors?

Test strips and blood glucose monitors are the traditional way of checking your blood sugar levels. You use test strips to give you an on-the-spot reading of your blood sugar and help you manage your range. Depending on how you treat your diabetes then you might need to use a monitor and test strips to manage your diabetes.

What Is Blood Glucose Monitors

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