Blood Sugar Management

Keeping your blood sugar (glucose) levels in a healthy range may require monitoring several times a day. Articles in this section discuss how often to check your blood glucose, how to do it properly and how to interpret the numbers. You’ll also find tips for getting accurate results from your meter, keeping records of your readings and more.

Insulin Sensitivity Factor: Definition and Overview

Updated February 21, 2013

Knowing their insulin sensitivity factor can help people with Type 1 diabetes to determine the dose of short-acting or rapid-acting insulin to take… Read More “Insulin Sensitivity Factor: Definition and Overview”

Nighttime Hypoglycemia: Definition and Overview

Updated April 9, 2014

An episode of low blood glucose occurring at night. During sleep, the body’s energy needs fall, and consequently the liver pumps out less glucose, the body’s fuel. In people without diabetes, the pancreas responds to the liver’s lowered glucose… Read More “Nighttime Hypoglycemia: Definition and Overview”

Blood Glucose Meter Averages: Don’t Be Fooled

Updated January 6, 2016

Most blood glucose meters store a certain number of readings in their memory, along with the date and time of each reading. Most also report either a 14-day or 30-day average of readings. An average is calculated by adding up all the numbers in a set and dividing the sum by the number of numbers in the set. For example, if you checked your blood glucose level 25 times in 14 days, your meter would tally all of your readings and divide the sum by 25 to get your 14-day average. Read More “Blood Glucose Meter Averages: Don’t Be Fooled”

Go Ahead, Pick Your Pump

Updated April 18, 2013

My plan is to go through life with two things at my side: My wife (‘til death do us part…) and my insulin pump, at least until there’s a cure for diabetes.

Choosing my wife was easy—she was the only woman who was willing… Read More “Go Ahead, Pick Your Pump”

Resources

Updated July 25, 2013

The following organizations can be a good place to start if you’d like information on low-vision and blindness rehabilitation or services.
American Association of Diabetes Educators
(800) 338-3633

www.diabeteseducator.org
Contact the AADE to locate a member of the Disabilities/Visual Impairment Specialty Practice Group. The Web site has a “Find An Educator” feature, which locates diabetes educators by name or area. Read More “Resources”

Product Manufacturers and Distributors

Updated January 30, 2006

For more information on the products mentioned in this article, as well as a variety of other assistive devices, contact the companies listed below. Read More “Product Manufacturers and Distributors”

Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Updated October 18, 2005

Blood glucose monitoring has gotten easier, more accurate, and less painful over the years, but it still provides only snapshots of a person’s blood glucose level. Even a person who monitors several times a day really only knows what his blood glucose level… Read More “Continuous Glucose Monitoring”

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