Friday, January 22, 2010

Why Am I A Prick Why Do We Need To Prick Our Fingers For Glucometers. Can We Get Blood From Somewhere Else On The Body?

Why do we need to prick our fingers for glucometers. Can we get blood from somewhere else on the body? - why am i a prick

I do not know whether to offer more convenience, or because the blood on his hands has the greatest accumulation of glucose, because it is on is in the heart of this region, but why not click on another part of our body is less sensitive than the finger for a blood glucose test? Blood is blood, is not it? And it has the same amount of glucose in the body have, regardless of whether we measure them on the fingers or blood on his arms. Does anyone have a good answer? Thank you!

3 comments:

turd ferguson [aka 3] said...

are shallow vessels in the fingers, without risk, on a main road.

medicpai... said...

Almost all of the meter is calibrated to read the level of glucose in the blood capillary. The fingers are a great place to get a good amount of blood type and are not very close to blood vessels. Main Glucometers require large amounts of blood capillaries of the fingers was an ideal area for the adhesive. Now is the glucometers on the market, a stick can be used on the forearm.

wwhrd said...

You certainly test his arm. He glucose monitors, which use a tiny trace of blood, his arm instead of a finger. There are more nerves in the finger tip as the forearm, so that the finger hurts a lot worse! The poor girl, I can not believe that they do not have the arm test to date! It's terrible.

Walgreens sells the counter, you can test your arm, you sell a Walgreen's own brand and is about $ 20. Please check with the pharmacist at any Walgreens and ask them to help you. They will help you.

If you do not have Walgreens, go to the goal. Or you can try Wal-Mart and see a pharmacist. It's over the counter, so you no recipe for those who do. There are addresses of the units, be sure to buy enough strips to.

Good luck to you and your daughter. The fingers of the poor! I feel bad for all, is only a crime had not been informed about the other evidence. Take care of Mom.

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