Blood Glucose Monitoring

Introduction

Self-blood glucose monitoring is a valuable diabetes management tool, which enables people to check their own blood glucose levels as often as they need to or as recommended.

A diabetes health professional such as a diabetes educator can help you to choose the meter that's best for you. Your diabetes educator will also give you all the information you need about how, where and when to test your blood glucose levels and work with you in planning a routine that works for you and the life you lead.

In this Section

• Why is it so important to test my blood?
• How do I test my blood?
• What do I aim for?
• Targets for glycaemic control
• Who is at risk of LOW blood glucose (hypoglycaemia)?
• Are HIGH blood glucose levels dangerous?
• What causes glucose levels to go up and down?
• When should I test?
• General guidelines
• What if the test result doesn't sound right?
• What is a glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) test?
• Is the HbA1c the same as testing your own BGLs?
• How does it work?
• What HbA1c do I aim for?
• How is HbA1c reported?

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