Painful blood sugar test
When testing blood sugar, you feel pain that is too intense ... This may be due to improper handling or faulty equipment.
Did you choose the right place?
Avoid pricking the thumb and index finger that we use most every day.
You have the last 3 fingers of each hand, i.e. 12 locations! Try to alternate them.
You must ALWAYS prick yourself on the side of your finger (lateral edge of the last phalanx) and not on your fingertip.
The fingertip is an area rich in nerve endings which makes it more sensitive and more painful to repetitive bites. In addition, pricking yourself always in the same place can lead to a risk of loss of sensitivity.
No one is immune to one day having a vision problem (whether one is diabetic or not); if this were to happen, a lack of sensitivity at your fingertips would further aggravate the problem.
Some readers allow the measurement of blood sugar at “alternative” sites such as the forearm or the palm of the hand…
This can be useful in certain circumstances: hand injury, certain professions such as musicians, watchmakers, etc.
Talk to your diabetologist. In some cases, the reliability of your blood glucose measurement is less good if you use one of these sites.
Did you use a new lancet?
Current lancets are thin and tend to bend as soon as they penetrate the skin.
If you reuse your lancet, the bite can be very painful.
Is the depth of your lancing device optimal?
The pain that may be felt during sampling is not so much linked to the caliber of the lancet but rather to the depth of the puncture.
Be careful when selecting the depth: start with a shallow depth and gradually increase until you get a sufficient drop without pain without needing to press too much.
Is your lancing device more than a year old?
The spring included in some lancing devices can - like all springs - relax over time, it is strongly recommended to change your lancing device every year.
Any doubt about a blood sugar result?
You did a blood sugar test but you doubt the result ... Often, it is an error in handling or storage of the material that is at the origin.
1.Check your handling:
Did you wash your hands properly?
It is enough to have eaten a fruit or a candy… to have sugar on the hands.
The blood sugar test will then be distorted, since the sugar present on the skin will also be taken into account by the blood glucose meter. Result: too high a value.
Not to mention that it can be very dangerous if you adjust your fast insulin dose according to your blood sugar…
If you have an abnormal blood sugar result, wash your hands again with warm water and soap and retest.
Avoid pressing your finger to get the drop of blood out.
2. Check your equipment:
Has the expiration date of your strips expired? Did you keep your strips well?
The expiration date of the strips as well as their storage conditions (temperature, humidity) must be respected to have reliable blood sugar results.
If the incident persists, control solutions can check the functioning of the blood glucose meter.
In case of failure
"My blood glucose meter no longer turns on" "turns off by itself" "an error appears on the screen" ...
In all cases, check all of your equipment (battery, expiration date of the strips, temperature of use and storage of the strips and the blood glucose meter, date recorded in the meter, etc.) and of your handling (forgetting to calibration… ).
Refer to the user manual of your blood glucose meter.
If the problem persists, contact the customer service department of the manufacturer of your blood glucose meter.
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