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7 Tips For Testing Your Blood Sugar with Less Finger Pain
Having to repeat finger sticks because of human error (i.e., dirty hands) or meter failure due to a poor blood sample can be avoided by taking certain precautions. Here are tips to get it right the first, with less pain and hassle.
How to Test Your Blood Sugar
Has your doctor told you to monitor your blood glucose? Relax, it’s easy. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to test your blood sugar (blood glucose).
FAQs About Blood Glucose (Blood Sugar) Monitoring
Blood glucose monitoring refers to testing how much glucose is in the blood stream (or, glycemia.) Many people often refer to blood glucose as “blood sugar” because glucose is a form of sugar. Although the proper medical term is “glucose” your doctor will know what you mean if you use the term blood sugar.
What is hyperglycemia?
How your body uses glucose, the role insulin plays in moving glucose from the bloodstream, and the causes of hyperglycemia (high blood glucose levels.)
Pre-Diabetes Health Care and Legal Rights Publications
A list of publications that include information on General Topics like Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes, Hypo and Hyperglycemia, Emergency Information provided by the NIH and our partner site. Legal Rights and Self-Care publications including information about diabetes care in public and the work place.
Can prediabetes be cured?
Yes! In most cases both pre-diabetes and the effects of insulin resistance can be reversed.
Pre-diabetes is not yet diabetes so you still have a chance to swing the odds of not developing type 2 diabetes back into your favor.
There is no cure for type 2 diabetes, but pre-diabetes can often be completely reversed if you take it seriously.
Pre-Diabetes Risk Factors
The American Diabetes Association recommends that testing to detect pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes be considered in adults without symptoms who are overweight or obese and have one or more additional risk factors for diabetes. In those without these risk factors, testing should begin at age 45. Risk factors for pre-diabetes and diabetes—in addition to being overweight or obese or being age 45 or older—include the following…
Self-Help Books About Insulin Resistance
Self-Help books about living with insulin resistance – what it is, what causes it, and how to treat insulin resistance through diet, lifestyle changes, weight loss, medication, and stress reduction.
Self-Help Books About Metabolic Syndrome
Self-Help Books About Metabolic Syndrome (Syndrome X) Treatment – Books about living with metabolic syndrome – what it is, what causes it, and how to treat insulin resistance through diet, lifestyle changes, weight loss, medication, and stress reduction.
Self-Help Books About Pre-Diabetes
Summary and reviews of various books about living with pre-diabetes – what it is, what causes it, and how to treat pre-diabetes through diet, lifestyle changes, weight loss, medication, and stress reduction to stop the onset of type 2 diabetes.
