subject: The Life With Diabetes [print this page] Author: Larry Aviva Author: Larry Aviva
For most people, being diagnosed with Diabetes is much akin to receiving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Not only does it limit you to what you can or cannot eat and do, it also brings along with it a number of hassles such as having to regularly check your blood glucose level.
Of course, it is very easy to skip on the blood glucose testing and just ensure that you eat the right kinds of food and undergo regular physical activities. Unfortunately, doing so is like driving blindly in the rain you could be suffering from extreme blood sugar levels without really knowing it.
Without knowing what your blood sugar level is, you run the risk of having various complications, one of which is heart diseases and stroke. Complications arising from diabetes can either be short-term or long-term. The former includes hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and ketoacidosis. The latter, on the other hand, includes diabetic nephropathy, a type of nerve damage that affects different parts of the body resulting to numbness, tingling sensation, and sharp pains on your lower limbs.
In order to ensure that you do not suffer from these complications, you need to regularly conduct blood sugar level testing. This can be easily done using various portable glucose meters available in the market today such as the Contour Glucometer by Bayer. This glucose meter comes with test strips as well as lancing device and a couple of lancets.
Glucometers such as the Contour Meter functions by drawing blood from your fingertips with the use of the lancet mounted on the lancing devise. The blood drawn is then absorbed by the testing strip which is then loaded on to the machine for analysis. The whole process could take as little as five seconds. A number of glucometers make use of a slittle as 0.6 microliters of blood.
It is recommended that you stock up on Contour blood glucose strips if you would like to make sure that any increase or decrease in your blood sugar level does not go unnoticed. Keep in mind that, as a person with diabetes, your aim should be to keep your blood sugar level within normal range.About the Author:
