Most blood sugar meters allow you to save your results and you can use an app on your cell phone to track your levels. If you don’t have a smart phone, keep a written daily record like the one in the photo. You should bring your meter, phone, or paper record with you each time you visit your health care provider.
How do you document blood sugar levels?
The level of glucose in the blood can be measured by applying a drop of blood to a chemically treated, disposable ‘test-strip’, which is then inserted into an electronic blood glucose meter. The reaction between the test strip and the blood is detected by the meter and displayed in units of mg/dL or mmol/L.
What is a diabetic log?
Glucose Log (Pills and/or once-daily insulin) This log allows you to record glucose before or after a meal, at bedtime, and overnight. Ask your provider how often you should test your glucose.
What time of day should I test my blood sugar?
The common times for checking your blood sugar are when you first wake up (fasting), before a meal, 2 hours after a meal, and at bedtime.
What is the blood sugar level for a diabetic?
This measures your blood sugar after an overnight fast (not eating). A fasting blood sugar level of 99 mg/dL or lower is normal, 100 to 125 mg/dL indicates you have prediabetes, and 126 mg/dL or higher indicates you have diabetes.
What is the normal number for diabetes?
Your health-care provider will let you know how you should prepare for the test. A fasting blood sugar of 99 mg/dL or less is considered within the normal range. A person is prediabetic if fasting blood sugar is between 100 to 125 mg/dL. Diabetes is diagnosed at 126 mg/dL or greater.
What are the levels of glucose?
Normal blood sugar levels are as follows: Fasting blood sugar. Normal for person without diabetes: 70–99 mg/dl (3.9–5.5 mmol/L) Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: 80–130 mg/dl (4.4–7.2 mmol/L) Blood sugar 2 hours after meals. Normal for person without diabetes: Less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L)
What are the blood glucose levels?
Blood sugar levels are literally the amount of glucose in the blood, sometimes called the serum glucose level. Usually, this amount is expressed as millimoles per litre (mmol/l) and stay stable amongst people without diabetes at around 4-8mmol/L
What are blood sugar readings?
Normal Blood Sugars A normal fasting (no food for eight hours) blood sugar level is between 70 and 99 mg/dL A normal blood sugar level two hours after eating is less than 140 mg/dL
