Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Professional About Diabetes Monitoring
Make your next appointment count. Use these questions about targets, testing times, devices, low blood sugar and results to plan diabetes monitoring.
Blood glucose monitors, test strips, lancets and accessories for home monitoring. Check that strips and lancets are compatible with your own meter and lancing device, and follow your healthcare team’s advice on testing.
Home blood glucose testing works best as part of a plan agreed with your diabetes care team: when to test, what your target range is and what to do with the results.
Good to know: Do not change your treatment on the basis of home readings without advice from your care team. Seek urgent help for symptoms of very low or very high blood sugar.
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Make your next appointment count. Use these questions about targets, testing times, devices, low blood sugar and results to plan diabetes monitoring.
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