How to Treat Diabetes Related Hypoglycemia
Get a glucometer., Use the lancet provided with the glucometer to prick your fingertip for a sample of blood., Place a drop of blood on the test strip provided with the glucometer., Read and record your result.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Get a glucometer.
A glucometer is a small, battery-powered medical device used to check the glucose level in your blood.
If you don’t have a glucometer at home, you can have your blood glucose level checked at a hospital.
Each glucometer comes with test strips.
Extra test strips can be purchased at any drugstore. -
Step 2: Use the lancet provided with the glucometer to prick your fingertip for a sample of blood.
This is a quick piercing action and takes only a second to complete.
This should not hurt, and will be unnoticeable within a minute. , The lancet should prick one droplet of your blood.
You can then drop or place the blood gently on to the test strip for the glucometer to read. , The glucometer will take a few moments to read.
To confirm hypoglycemia, your blood sugar level will have a result of less than 70 mg/dl.
The normal blood glucose level is between 70 mg/dl (grams per liter) to 110 mg/dl.
Another level determinant is in mmol (millimoles per liter).
A normal blood sugar level is at
4.4 mmol
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6.1 mmols.
When the sugar level is above
6.1 mmols, the patient is hyperglycemic.
When it is below
4.1 mmol, the patient is hypoglycemic. -
Step 3: Place a drop of blood on the test strip provided with the glucometer.
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Step 4: Read and record your result.
Detailed Guide
A glucometer is a small, battery-powered medical device used to check the glucose level in your blood.
If you don’t have a glucometer at home, you can have your blood glucose level checked at a hospital.
Each glucometer comes with test strips.
Extra test strips can be purchased at any drugstore.
This is a quick piercing action and takes only a second to complete.
This should not hurt, and will be unnoticeable within a minute. , The lancet should prick one droplet of your blood.
You can then drop or place the blood gently on to the test strip for the glucometer to read. , The glucometer will take a few moments to read.
To confirm hypoglycemia, your blood sugar level will have a result of less than 70 mg/dl.
The normal blood glucose level is between 70 mg/dl (grams per liter) to 110 mg/dl.
Another level determinant is in mmol (millimoles per liter).
A normal blood sugar level is at
4.4 mmol
-
6.1 mmols.
When the sugar level is above
6.1 mmols, the patient is hyperglycemic.
When it is below
4.1 mmol, the patient is hypoglycemic.
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