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Nearly 24 million men, women, and children in the United States alone have diabetes. For all those people, testing their blood with a blood glucose monitor is a routine that simply cannot be avoided. Of the 24 million people with diabetes in the United States, approximately one-third of them rely on medicating with insulin, depending on the reading they get from testing with a blood glucose monitor. Therefore, accuracy from these devices is of the utmost importance to the people whose very lives depend on them. If a blood glucose monitor provides a false reading, it puts a patient at risk of dosing with too much or too little insulin. If too much insulin is given, it can bring blood glucose levels down to dangerously low levels, putting the patient at risk of severe hypoglycemia and possible hospitalization. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that glucose monitors have a 95 percent accuracy. But, recently researchers at the Diabetes Technology…
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From finding out that you’re pregnant, to actually being pregnant, and then to finally give birth, there are so many different emotions that a pregnant woman goes through. Excitement, fear, exhaustion, anxiety, and stress are just a few of them. But whether it’s your first child or your tenth, nothing compares to the added stress that comes after you’ve been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The good news is that with careful eating, consistent monitoring, and in some cases, medications, you’ll both be home from the hospital, and healthy, in no time. One of the key components to handling gestational diabetes is your diet. You want to eat meals at evenly spaced intervals which are higher in protein, lower in starchy foods, and absent of sugary foods. This can be difficult, especially for a pregnant woman who is hungry all of her waking hours, and who constantly craves sweets, but it's important for everyone's health. Writing out a daily meal plan…
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According to American Diabetes Association figures, more than 215,000 people under the age of 20 are coping with a diabetes diagnosis. If your child recently became one of them, you probably have lots of questions about diabetic supplies. We here at Advanced Diabetes Supply understand that need for knowledge. That’s why we’d like to take a few moments to talk about diabetes lancets. Diabetes lancets are made with sharp, lubricated, surgical steel. They come in different gauges, which dictate the size of the puncture hole. They may be used with or without a lancing device. The lancing device is helpful to have when you are drawing blood from a child for two main reasons. First, it provides the user with an opportunity to control the depth of the puncture. Controlling the depth of the puncture is important because it has bearing on how much discomfort your child may feel during the procedure. Second, lancing devices are capable of making the…
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