Apply a diabetes test from the pharmacy
Diabetes diseases are increasing more and more. If you suspect diabetes, you can test your urine or blood for sugar, or more precisely: glucose, with diabetes test strips from the pharmacy. The diabetes test with the blood sugar test device is suitable for therapy control.
What you need:
- Urine test strips or blood test strips
- Blood glucose meter
What You Should Know About Diabetes
- When you are healthy, your blood sugar level is constant within narrow limits. Glucose (= grape sugar) gets into your blood through food containing carbohydrates. Then he pours body Insulin to bring your blood sugar back down to normal.
- When your body can't make enough insulin, your blood sugar levels rise. Above a certain threshold, the kidney Glucose from the blood through the urine to lower blood sugar levels.
- You may suspect that you may have diabetes if you've seen symptoms of diabetes such as: B. severe thirst or frequent urination. You can use urine test strips for diabetes to check this suspicion.
- However, a diabetes blood test is more accurate than the urine test for diabetes.
This is how you can do tests from the pharmacy
- Obtain diabetes urine test strips from the pharmacy. Hold the diabetes test strip briefly in the urine. If the diabetes test strip changes color, use the color chart provided to compare how much glucose is in your urine. You should also consult a doctor if the color reaction is weak.
- The diabetes urine test is too imprecise for therapy control. Then you need diabetes blood test strips and a blood glucose meter from your pharmacy. You carefully prick your fingertip and apply a small drop of blood to the diabetes test strip. Insert the diabetes test strip into your meter. The measuring device evaluates the diabetes test strip and shows the blood sugar value on the display.
You should have a blood sugar test done if you suspect diabetes ...
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