Listed below are 5 different methods that can be used to test your blood sugar levels. Though they differ in the way they do it, these diabetes testing methods perform one and the same thing. The best one for you is dependent on personal preference rather than anything else.
1. Blood sugar monitoring at home. This method is the most common. You have to use a specially designed needle to prick your finger. You will then need to squeeze the finger in order to obtain a drop of blood which you will then place on a test strip. This test strip will then be placed into a meter which will in turn determine your blood sugar level.
2. Alternative self testing. Over time, meters which allow you to test blood taken from various parts of your body, not just your finger tip, have been developed; possible parts to test include: your upper arms, your forearms, the base of your thumb, and your thighs. Testing blood taken from the finger is preferred by many though, despite of these additional options. This is simply because the blood sugar levels in your finger tips, show changes way quicker than any other part of the body.
3. Drawing blood through laser. Sometime in 1998, the Food And Drug (FDA) administration approved a meter laser device capable of extracting blood through a precise laser beam on a finger. The development of the device was a result of the widespread complaints about the pain and inpractibility of existing methods. It's a popular choice for those who feel uncomfortable piercing their skin with a needle.
4. Glucose monitoring system. This device involves a very small tube which is inserted under your skin. Over the course of 72 hours, at which time the tube needs to be replaced, the device collects samples from you and measures the blood sugar levels in them. For people who sometimes forget, or don't always have time, to take their own samples, this underused system should be given serious consideration.
5. The 'Gluco Watch'. Officially released after approval by the FDA is 2001, the Gluco Watch is a device that you wear on your wrist. Three times per hour it measures your blood sugar levels and displays the reading. As a non invasive method, it's become increasingly popular since it was made available.
1. Blood sugar monitoring at home. This method is the most common. You have to use a specially designed needle to prick your finger. You will then need to squeeze the finger in order to obtain a drop of blood which you will then place on a test strip. This test strip will then be placed into a meter which will in turn determine your blood sugar level.
2. Alternative self testing. Over time, meters which allow you to test blood taken from various parts of your body, not just your finger tip, have been developed; possible parts to test include: your upper arms, your forearms, the base of your thumb, and your thighs. Testing blood taken from the finger is preferred by many though, despite of these additional options. This is simply because the blood sugar levels in your finger tips, show changes way quicker than any other part of the body.
3. Drawing blood through laser. Sometime in 1998, the Food And Drug (FDA) administration approved a meter laser device capable of extracting blood through a precise laser beam on a finger. The development of the device was a result of the widespread complaints about the pain and inpractibility of existing methods. It's a popular choice for those who feel uncomfortable piercing their skin with a needle.
4. Glucose monitoring system. This device involves a very small tube which is inserted under your skin. Over the course of 72 hours, at which time the tube needs to be replaced, the device collects samples from you and measures the blood sugar levels in them. For people who sometimes forget, or don't always have time, to take their own samples, this underused system should be given serious consideration.
5. The 'Gluco Watch'. Officially released after approval by the FDA is 2001, the Gluco Watch is a device that you wear on your wrist. Three times per hour it measures your blood sugar levels and displays the reading. As a non invasive method, it's become increasingly popular since it was made available.
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