The Extra Blood Glucose Kit From Abbott

Compact and portable Blood Glucose Kit From Abbott. Very easy to use and requires minimal blood sample.
Will definitely be purchasing again
Very compact Blood Glucose Kit From Abbott, but not selfcontained, you still have to carry a lancet device and lancets with you. I wish for a computer interface (maybe infrared or bluetooth) to upload your log, but still a very useful product

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The New Technologies of Blood Glucose Monitoring

Diabetes care should be designed for each individual patient. Most glucose meters are designed to test the blood sugar level by pricking a fingertip with a lancing device. Some glucose meters however, allow testing blood from alternative sites, such as the upper arm, forearm, base of the thumb, and thigh.

Sampling blood from alternative sites may be desirable, but it may have some limitations. Blood in the fingertips show changes in glucose levels more quickly than blood in other parts of the body. This means that alternative site test results may be different from fingertip test results not because of the meter's ability to test accurately, but because the actual glucose concentration can be different. FDA believes that further research is needed to better understand these differences in test values and their possible impact on the health of people with diabetes.

Glucose concentrations change rapidly after a meal, insulin or exercise. Glucose levels at the alternative site appear to change more slowly than in the fingertips. Because of this concern, FDA has now requested that manufacturers either show their device is not affected by differences between alternative site and fingertip blood samples during times of rapidly changing glucose, or alert users about possible different values at these times.

Recommended labeling precautions include these statements:

• Alternative site results may be different than the fingertip when glucose levels are changing rapidly (e.g. after a meal, taking insulin or during or after exercise).
• Do not test at an alternative site, but use samples taken from the fingertip, if
  • you think your blood sugar is low,
  • you are not aware of symptoms when you become hypoglycemic, or
  • the site results do not agree with the way you feel.

Urine and Blood Ketones

Urine and Blood Ketones

When the body does not have enough insulin, fats are used for fuel instead of glucose. A by-product of burning fats is the production of ketones. Ketones are passed in the urine and can be detected with a urine test.

If you do not have diabetes, you usually have only small amounts of ketones in your blood and urine. If you have diabetes, however, you may have high amounts of ketones and acid, a condition known as ketoacidosis. This condition can cause nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain and can be life threatening.

You may use urine dipsticks to rapidly and easily measure the ketones in your urine. You dip a dipstick in your urine and follow the instruction on the package to see if you have a high amount of ketones.

If you have type 1 diabetes, are pregnant with preexisting diabetes, or who have diabetes caused by pregnancy (gestational diabetes), you should check your urine for ketones. If you have diabetes and are ill, under stress, or have any symptoms of high ketones, you should also test your urine for ketones.

Results of ketone testing should be interpreted with care. High ketone levels are found when patients are pregnant (in the first morning urine sample), starving, or recovering from a hypoglycemic episode.

There are now tests for measuring ketones in blood that your doctor may use or you can use at home. Some measure a specific ketone (beta-hydroxybuyric acid) that patients with diabetic ketoacidosis may have.

It is still not known which type of ketone test -blood or urine-- offers more aid to people with diabetes.

For more information about ketone tests, use the following links:

Medlineplus Healthline Health Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Ketones-Urine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003585.htm

Glycosylated เซรุ่มโปรตีน

Glycosylated เซรุ่มโปรตีน

เซรุ่มโปรตีนเช่นเฮโมโกลบิน, รวมกับกลูโคสเพื่อฟอร์ม ผลิตภัณฑ์ glycosylated การทดสอบ ผลิตภัณฑ์glycosylated เหล่านี้สามารถให้ข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับการควบคุมกลูโคสน้อยกว่า ทดสอบ glycosylated เฮโมโกลบิน.

ทดสอบทั่วไปหนึ่งคือการทดสอบ fructosamine ซึ่งให้ข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับสถานะของกลูโคสระยะเวลา มากกว่าหนึ่งถึงสองสัปดาห์ หมายความว่าเลือดกลูโคสค่าที่สูงกว่าสองสัปดาห์ที่ผ่านมา. การทดสอบนี้เป็นสิ่งที่ดีสำหรับการดูการเปลี่ยนแปลง ระยะสั้นของในสถานะ กลูโคสในระหว่างตั้งครรภ์หรือหลังจากการเปลี่ยนแปลงที่สำคัญในการรักษา ไม่มีทั่วไปแนวทางเมื่อต้องการใช้การทดสอบนี้. ควรคุยกับแพทย์เกี่ยวกับการทดสอบนี้ว่าจะเป็นเหมาะสำหรับคุณหรือไม่

หากคุณมีโรคอื่นๆที่สามารถเปลี่ยนเซรุ่มโปรตีนของคุณหรือถ้าคุณมีจำนวนมาก วิตามินเซลเซียส (ascorbic กรด) ในอาหารเหล่านี้ให้ทดสอบอาจผิดค่า.