True Success Stories with Accucheck Glucometers
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 Beat Diabetes - Erin and Caty shows you how. Erin and Caty 17 year-old twinsType 1 diabetes Diagnosed: 15 years ago. “We don’t know any other way to live.” Preferred system: ACCU-CHEK Compact Plus system, because it “spits out a strip.” Test their blood sugar: 10 times a day |
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| Preferred testing site: Fingertips. (Erin tried palm testing, but prefers the fingertip.)Self-care advice: Diabetes is nothing to be ashamed of. Make sure the people around you know how to help out if you have low blood sugar.
Nutrition tip: Erin and Caty count carbs, and this past year, they moved to insulin pumps, which has made control a bit easier. The pump gives them flexibility to adjust their insulin doses to cover their healthy food choices. Still, they agree that “the occasional cookie is okay. Fashion contribution: Colorful rubber pump wraps that coordinate with different outfits, so they can wear their pumps everywhere, including their next homecoming dance. Why they make self-care a priority: Diabetes isn’t in the way now. But if they don’t take care of themselves, it would get in the way. |
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* Get the facts on alternate site testing and talk with your doctor before deciding if it’s right for you.
5 Reasons Why You Need To Keep Your Blood Sugar In Check
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You need to know when your blood sugar level goes beyond the acceptable range. Fortunately, this can be done at your own convenience anytime no matter where you are by using a glucometer – a home blood glucose monitoring (HBGM) device.
This is also known as Self-testing.
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Blood sugar self test demo.
 Know Your Levels :
Check your blood sugar level frequently. This will let you know how much insulin you will need in order to keep your blood sugar level as close to normal as possible.
But How frequently should we test ? If your blood sugar levels are within a target range, you just need to test once before breakfast each day and occasionally at other times of the day. However for those who take insulin, you may need to check your blood sugar levels several times a day. The usual time to test your blood sugar level are : before bedtime, one to two hours after meals or a big snack, before you go through any Strenuous physical activity or exercise because this will lower your blood sugar and you may want to make sure that your blood sugar do not drop too low either.
Managing diabetes is all about balance. This include keeping a balance on the food we eat, medication we take and the right amount of exercises to keep your blood sugar levels within the targeted range. This is important because our bodies can no longer do this for us. Regular self-monitoring of blood glucose levels gives us a gauge on where our blood sugar levels are right at the moment and provide us sufficient time to act before complication sets in.
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Good Control Keeps Complications at Bay:
Complication sets in if your blood sugar level remains consistently high and you do nothing about it. This includes complications to the eyes, kidneys and numbness to the hands and feet. These areas of your body have very small blood vessels and nerves which damages easily with the excess sugar circulating in the blood. The longer the blood sugar is high, the more severe the damage. Tight control of blood glucose levels by performing your own self-test regularly will therefore prevent, delay and minimise the risk of diabetes-related complications.
Assess The Effectiveness Of Your Medications :
Keeping your blood sugar level in checks will also allow you to see how effective your medication or insulin is in controlling your glucose levels. If your medication is not effective in maintaining your blood sugar within the right range, it needs to be adjusted. Frequent self-testing will help you and your doctor to make the right choice in prescribing the right amount of doses and medications more accurately.
Minimizes The possibilities of Life-threatening Emergencies :
High blood sugar (Hyperglycemia) can occur during stress or when taking medications that affect the blood sugar. Testing can help you keep better watch on blood sugar so you can take the appropriate steps before it gets too high. Low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia) can happen if your blood sugar level drops too low. Our advise is, if you exercise, test your blood sugar level before, during or after exercise to avoid a dangerous dip in blood sugar. Do take note too that drinking alcohol can also lower your blood sugar and thus, monitor your level closely if you drink. It is better to do more then to be sorry after that.
Help Your Heart :
People diagnosed with diabetes has an increased risk of heart diseases. Just like the inflammation that attacks the blood vessels and nerves of the eyes, kidneys, hand and feet, it also attacks the blood vessels of the heart. This occurs slowly over time while your blood sugar remains consistently high.
Save your heart by keeping your blood sugar in control.
You owe it to yourself to do this and anyone can still lead a healthy and meaningful life even if you have diabetes.
Accucheck Glucometer
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Learn More about Accu-chek Glucometer
Diabetes testing is so important for anyone suffering from diabetes and cannot be overlooked. Infact, diabetes testing is such a quick, simple and relatively painless process that anyone with the right tools and guidance, could administer the test themselves regularly.
It is important to know that if diabetes are diagnosed early, it could be treated early too. This greatly reduce the risk of developing into more complicated illness such as kidney failure, cardiovascular diseases, blindness and the need for limb amputations.
Most often, diabetes in the early stages can be treated with just oral medication or dietary measures – We can’t stress the point enough ! —  Early diagnosis is critical ! and we suggest that anyone who has a family history of diabetes, suffering from obese get themselve check early.
For an all-in-one solution that eliminates the hassle to handle individual test strips, do take a look at the new AccuCheck Glucometers series.
The Accu-Chek Compact Plus Diabetes Care Kit produces extremely fast test results – just 5 seconds !
Roche Diagnostics, the manufactor of Accucheck Glucometers has proudly proclaim it to be “Virtually painless”.
With Accucheck Glucometers, You can now take care of your own blood glucose test at the comfort of your home or wherever and whenever your like.
Immediate results means immediate intervention. This will allow you to take early actions resulting in greater diabetes control for both health-care providers and patients.
