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Blood Glucose questions? More of your questions are answered here. How do you keep track of your levels? The answer is two-fold. Here they are:
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You can use the glucose meter to check your levels several times a day. Your multidisciplinary health care team will tell you when and how often you should do this monitoring They will even give you a book to record your numbers or you can make your own.
The information you see in this record will tell you what to do about food, medication and physical activity. You can adjust your decisions regarding them depending on the results you have been recording. It will show you how effective your diabetes care plan is .
Your record will show a pattern. When did your level rise? Was it because you were doing too much? Or what did you eat when the reading fell? You may have to change your meal plan accordingly. Can you see that this way you can fine-tune your diabetes care plan?
The A-1-C blood glucose check has a memory. It will tell you what your average level is for the past three months. This is important because if your number is 7% or higher, you may need to adjust your diabetes care plan.
What if your blood glucose is often too high?
- Call your health care supplier for an appointment.
- Talk to your multidisciplinary team about recommendations about food, physical activity and medications.
Now that you know what to do when your reading is frequently too high, let’s check what to do when your reading is too low. Have one of these items right away to raise it:
- ½ cup or four ounces of fruit juice
- ½ cup or 4 ounces of regular (not diet) soft drink.
- 1 glass or 8 ounces of milk.
- 5 to 7 pieces of hard candy.
- 2 teaspoons of sugar or honey
- 2 to 5 glucose tablets
Check your blood glucose after 15 minutes. If it is still below 70mg/dl, repeat the above and do so until the reading is at least at 70 mg/dl. Low blood glucose is also called hypoglycemia. Symptoms are:
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Type 2 diabetes patients who received intensive glucose therapy had a lower risk of microvascular complications than did those receiving conventional dietary therapy. This is what they tried to determine if the risk reduction persisted. The conclusion was that the reduction in microvascular risk and emergent risk reductions for myocardial infarction and death from any cause continued during 10 years of post-trial follow-up. The benefit after metformin therapy was also seen in overweight patients.
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