Blood Sugar Monitoring: When to Check and Why
Diabetes treatment requires active participation by the person who has it. Find out what the recommended glucose levels are and when to monitor…
Blood Glucose Management
Keeping your blood 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, and keeping records of your readings.
You can read about “Blood Sugar Monitoring: When to Check and Why,” “High Blood Sugar Symptoms,” “Dealing With High Blood Glucose After Meals,” and more!
Sensing the Big Picture With Continuous Glucose Monitoring
In less than two decades, the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for people with diabetes has gained popularity worldwide…
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Blood Glucose Monitoring and Control
The Diabetes UK Professional Conference presented many of diabetes advances and developments. Here, we look at blood glucose monitoring and control…
Managing Hyperglycemia
With your doctor’s help, your diabetes educator can help you learn to self-manage your diabetes by working through the challenges of managing hyperglycemia…
High Blood Sugar Symptoms
Do you experience frequent urination, blurry vision, or excessive hunger? Learn about these and other common symptoms of high blood sugar…
Blood Sugar Chart
This blood sugar chart shows normal blood glucose levels before and after meals and recommended HbA1c levels for people with and without diabetes…
Managing Your Blood Glucose Ups and Downs
The challenge of managing your blood glucose is to balance all of the things that can raise your levels with those that can lower them…
Understanding Hypoglycemia
Controlling blood glucose is more than just managing the “highs”; it also involves preventing and managing the “lows,” or hypoglycemia…
Hypoglycemia Symptoms
Learn the common — and less common — hypoglycemia symptoms and find out ways to prevent your blood glucose from going too low…
Getting to Know Ketones
Does anyone really know what ketones are? Are they a danger to your health, or a sign that you have lowered your carb intake enough to cause weight loss?
