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Blood Tests and Insulin Injections

My mother has diabetes and recently heard about a new glucose monitor that’s out on the market. She said it monitors your blood glucose level by putting a test strip on any skin area without using a lancet or needle. Have you heard of this?

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I’m an adult, black female, age 28, recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. What does my hemoglobin A1c blood test result mean?

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Will the mesh placed when an abdominal hernia repair was done interfere with insulin absorption if injections are done in the abdomen?

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Can a massage therapist help with soreness and thickening of the skin at injection sites?

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What is the difference between blood sugars readings taken from whole blood or venous, plasma, and capillary samples?

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I have a child in my school with an insulin pump, and during the school day her blood sugar is checked when she arrives, before snack, before lunch, after lunch with recess, and before departing for home. It seems that this is an awful lot to be checking her blood sugars. How often should her blood sugars be checked?

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When I started to take my insulin shots, the injection site bleeds after I have finished. Should this be happening?

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I have type 2 diabetes treated with pills, usually test, first thing in the morning and then two hours after meals.so I can see what effect my diet was having on my blood sugar levels. When is the best time to test?

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I am a young teen who just started taking shots in my butt, and my 16 year old boy friend who lives with me also takes shots. It hurts both of us a lot so much he cries. Will it eventually stop hurting?

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My daughter, who uses a pen system with the short needles had a needle break off in her stomach last month, and they cut her open twice to try to find it. They couldn’t find it, so they ended up just leaving it in. This incident really concerns me, and my daughter is now scared to death that it will happen again. Have you ever heard of a needle breaking off? Is this rare?

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