 Monitor
Your Blood Glucose At Home
Home blood glucose monitoring helps you to monitor your blood glucose
levels and to keep your diabetes under control.
Self monitoring is done using a glucometer.
Here is what your glucose levels mean:
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Blood
glucose (mmol/l)
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Excellent |
Good |
Needs
improvement |
Poor |
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| Fasting (before
meal) |
4.0
- 6.0 |
6.1
- 8.0 |
8.1
- 10 |
more
than 10 |
| 2 hours after
a meal |
5.0
- 7.0 |
7.1
- 10.0 |
10.1
- 13.0 |
more
than 13 |
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Excellent
Your glucose level is in the ideal range |
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Good
Your glucose level is well controlled |
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Needs
Improvement
Your glucose level is not very well controlled.
Consult your doctor. This level of glucose however,
may be acceptable for certain groups of people such
as the elderly and those with advanced diabetic
complications. |
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Poor
Your glucose level is unacceptable. Consult your
doctor as soon as possible. |
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