blood sugar monitoring

In order to control your diabetes you need to know what your blood sugar is doing. So you need to buy a meter and test strips. there are cheaper brands. Then you test your fasting (ideally it is < 95), and you test 1 1/2 to 2 hrs after eating and ideally it is < 140, or even better < 120.

i am not diabetic but for some reason, for the.oast couple weeks i have been monitoring my blood sugar and its all over the place. the highest ive noticed was 281 after a big dinner and 2 minutes later it drops down to 113. any other ones are like, 232, 158 but i dont feel anything weird in my body at all. but my blood sugar when i woke up yesterday morning was 97 that was before breakfast. pls if u know anything about this, give an advice on wut to do.

You might want to test your fasting blood sugar first thing before any food which should be under 100. Then try two hours after a meal, do a different meal each day. Those numbers should be under 140. This is very useful to tell you which foods you can eat which allow you to be in target range and which spike your blood sugar too high.

No should I tell her bout it at my appt next tuesday

Go to Microsoft Templates. In the search box there, just type in "blood sugar" and a bunch of spreadsheets, trackers, and charts will pop up. I found several good one's there and have been using ever since. But the one here at this site works ok too. I don't access my internet all the time so its handy to have it on a spreadsheet for me.

I tested my blood sugar this morning and it was 105. Would you say this is out of the normal range. I had blood work done about a month ago when I had my annual physical and my sugar level came back at 109. My doctor didn't seem to alarmed.

//www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/converter.htm Here is an A1c chart referencing mg/dl vs mmol/l http://www.rajeun.net/HbA1c_glucose.html Here are the fasting glucose ranges Normal 70-99 mg/dl or 3.888-5.5 mmol/l Prediabetes 100-125 mg/dl or 5.555-6.94 mmol/l Diabetes 126 mg/dl and above or 7 mmol/l and above Postprandial (after meal) 2-3 hours <180 mg/dl or <10 mmol/l Some doctors want <140 mg/dl or <7.777 mmo/l (< means less than) You should try to get a home test kit.

my husband was 2yrs post liver transplant, that is the one reason why he is also now suffering from monitor blood sugar problem. my question now is about fluctition of his blood glucose, we have a kit monitoring it before and after meal, but there was time when we check it is high then after just a minute it drop down, we are really worried why is this happening? hoping that anyone could help!

salad, grilled fajita chicken, small amounts of cheese and sour cream, 3 oz guacamole, 2 chicken flautas. Took my blood sugar and it was 67. What does this mean?

You should get GTT or glucose tolerance test, fasting blood sugar, post prandial sugar done and glycosyltaed hemoglobin measured to know whether you have diabetes or not. Hope this helps. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

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Hi: I am a 38 years old male diagnosed with diabetese. Since last few days I have been monitoring my sugar levels. In the morning pre meals it was 93 & then post meal it was 255. Yesterday post meal was 158. Befor that post meal was 141. I am not tensed but am concerned in this fluctuation.

You will need to increase your insulin with careful monitoring under the guidance of your Dr. It is quite common for infection to cause elevated blood sugar. It should return to normal once you recover. But do keep monitoring closely and return to your Dr if you are concerned over anything.

Exercise usually has the potential to make your blood sugar dip, not increase, but read this article about monitoring blood sugar during exercise for more information. Hope it helps you! http://www.medhelp.org/diabetes/articles/Get-Ready-to-Exercise/1883 You can also find this in the app by going to the home screen, and clicking the menu bar in the upper left corner. Tap Health Guide, then scroll to Move More. Scroll down for this and other articles related to diabetes and fitness.

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What you are describing is diabetic neuropathy. Without treating blood sugar to bring it down it will get worse an other complciations will also develop. However it is reversible with reducing your blood sugars back to normal. Your dr. should not just be monitoring he should be treating. Please go back and see him immediately. Please read the book: Diabetes Solution - Dr. Richard Bernstein. You can alsoi help yourself by losing weight, exercising daily, and eating low carb diet.

I had went to the emergency last week because of some other symptoms that I have been having. They did a blood work up and my blood sugar level was at a 57. I hadn't eaten anything all day and by the time they had released me I had taken a couple of sips of my daughters sprite and it went up to 98. So the said I was fine. Since then I have been very worried about this so I decided to get myself a meter so that I could test myself.

120/80 is normal. High is 140/90 and up.

GD is high sugar levels. If you are GD then you should by rights be monitoring you blood sugar levels (BSL) at the least 3 times a day. Also you should have been informed of what foods to avoid and what is ok to eat. I was informed that carbs are ok in proportion. You also must eat 5 small meals spaced evenly through the day. Low GI foods are great. Talk to your dr if you have GD you may need insulin and more intensive care or monitoring. It's not something to rely on half guesses with.

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If at the next monitoring your numbers are still the same or higher, then I would recommend you get a blood sugar meter and do some testing at home to see what foods work for your and don't raise your blood sugar. Hope this helps.

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