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Monitoring Blood Glucose Levels in Diabetes
People with diabetes must try to maintain as normal levels of blood glucose levels as possible. Maintaining a normal range of blood glucose levels can help to prevent or minimize diabetes related medical problems such as blood vessel damage, kidney disease, neuropathy and vision impairment or blindness.Upon testing positive for diabetes, your physician will develop a diabetes maintenance plan. The treatment schedule aims at a balanced diet, exercise and diet pills or insulin if necessary. There are two different types of tests designed for blood glucose monitoring. These include urine keytones checks and blood glucose checks.
Urine Checks
Urine checks are not as precise as blood glucose checks. This check is used predominantly when your diabetes is out of control and when you are very ill. When a diabetic becomes very ill, their body starts burning fat instead of glucose for energy. In these cases, you will find large or moderate levels of keytones in your urine. All diabetics must know the test for checking keytone levels in the urine.
Blood Glucose Monitoring Checks
The most common method for checking your diabetes health is blood glucose monitoring. This check will tell you your blood glucose level immediately. Keep daily, weekly, and even monthly charts to monitor changes in your blood glucose levels.
When you bring your logs to your physician, it will provide them with a good picture your body's response to different diets, medications, exercise, and other treatments options. Blood glucose checks also provide a way to test the efficacy of various treatment options. This allows your physician, nutritionist, or nurse to make modifications and adjustments to your treatment plan.
Which patients should test their blood glucose levels? Research has demonstrated that all diabetics should test their blood glucose levels. The ADA suggests blood glucose checks if you are diabetic and are
- Pregnant
- On insulin or oral medications for diabetes
- On intensive insulin therapy
- Have a history of wide fluctuations in blood glucose levels despite your best efforts
- Have low blood glucose levels without common warning signals
- Are discovering very low blood glucose levels
- Are having severely low keytones form high blood glucose levels. Click here for more information about how blood checks work.
Click below for some of our links about diabetes related problems and treatment options.
