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Blood Tests and Insulin Injections

When I do fingerstick checks I can get as much as a 20-point difference between one hand and the other using the same monitor. When this happens is my dominant hand more likely to be the right number? Should I check using the same hand all the time and avoid the confusion?

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An acquaintance perceived (visually) that several syringes from the same box had a noticeably larger “gap” between the “zero” mark and the top end of the barrel.

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Our basic life support order just addresses giving oral glucose for low sugar in adults. In emergency medical treatment of pediatric diabetics, are sugar readings considered and treated the same as for adults?

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I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a month ago, and my doctor suggests I take my blood glucose readings only once a day fasting before breakfast, but my diabetes educator suggests twice a day at a different time each day. How I know if what I am is doing is correct by only checking once a day?

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Why are blood glucose tests to be taken two hours after eating? Don’t some foods raise blood glucose levels slower than others? Sometimes it seems that it is still rising after two hours, and have not peaked. Last night it was 115 two hours after, 139 three hours after and 111 four hours after.

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I was surprised to hear my granddaughter is getting five to six insulin shots a day, rather than two. Her blood sugars are erratic, too. Is this normal?

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After two years of diabetes, we have had to make significant reductions in our son’s insulin and he is still having low blood sugars. He exercises a lot and has been eating extra. What is going on?

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I have diabetes, as well as a brittle bone disorder and a bleeding disorder. Can I test my blood sugar without blood? Should I be able to use a pump?

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My 20 year old son has had diabetes since he was 10 months old. He is now refusing to check his blood sugar before injecting insulin. How can we get him to test?

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Sometimes when I give my four year old her insulin shots in the legs or arms, there is a little drop of blood, the insulin leaks out a little, or she gets a little bruising. Why? Where are the best areas on the arms and legs to give her the injections?

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