Numbers of reasons are available why it is important to monitor our blood glucose level and they may be as important as starting a med spa. This also applies to pediatrics who are also suffering from diabetes. The following reasons are listed below:
- Parents of pediatrics with diabetes may feel more conscious and be always in control of the child’s diabetes.
- Diabetes control management may help to rule out short-term diabetes symptoms and even possible problems that may arise.
- Controlling the blood sugar level may regulate problems and can alter the diabetes management plan in a more prompt and effective way.
- This may help to guide patients to have better understanding of the effects of food, exercise, and medicines on the levels of blood sugar.
- The plan may also help in managing the sick days.
Monitoring the blood glucose levels
Monitoring the blood glucose levels
Generally, pediatrics with diabetes check the levels of their blood sugar prior to breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even at bedtime. From time to time, checking should be done especially if there are alterations in the treatment plan or in the daily routines. Moreover, checking is also needed in the event that an insulin pump or the management plan has a goal of very close monitoring of the blood sugar levels.
There may also times that parents of the pediatric patients may have to check the blood sugar levels of their kids at the middle of the night. For instance, kids suffering from hypoglycemic episodes may have to undergo middle-of-the-night tests. Frequent test may also needed in case kids have been diagnosed with diabetes and their families are on the process of learning the effect of insulin or other diabetes medications.
Methods of checking blood glucose levels
Testing of blood glucose is easy, accurate, and less painful.
One way to test the levels of blood sugar in the body is through the use of glucose meter. It is a computerized tool that evaluates and shows the level of glucose in the collected blood sample. A lancet or a small needle is used to extract the blood sample by pricking it on a finger or forearm. Then placed the drop of blood on a testing strip which will go to the glucose meter for reading that would appear on the screen within a few seconds.