Don't waste "bullets": How often is it better for diabetics to measure their blood sugar? What should I pay attention to?

Many sugar friends are complaining that measuring blood sugar is a very bad experience. They think that measuring blood sugar is like soldiers going to war. They have to prick their fingers every day to overcome psychological barriers and the pain of finger connection. However, sugar friends should test their blood sugar. Self-monitoring blood sugar is an important measure to guide diabetic patients to reach the blood sugar control standard, and it is also an important means to check whether diabetic patients have the risk of hypoglycemia. However, the more blood sugar is measured, the better. High blood sugar not only wastes bullets, but also makes self-management of blood sugar very painful. So, how often is it better for diabetics to measure their blood sugar? What should I pay attention to?

First, the frequency of self-monitoring blood sugar mainly depends on your treatment goals and methods.

1, if your blood sugar is not well controlled or your condition is critical, monitor it 4-7 times a day (before and after meals+before going to bed) until your condition is stable and your blood sugar is controlled; When your condition is stable or has reached the goal of blood sugar control, you can monitor 1-2 days a week, 4-7 times a day (before and after meals+before going to bed).

2. If insulin therapy is used, blood sugar should be monitored at least 5 times a day (fasting+after three meals+before going to bed) at the beginning of treatment, and 2-4 times a day (fasting+after meals) after reaching the treatment goal.

3. If oral hypoglycemic agents and/or lifestyle intervention are used, blood sugar (fasting+postprandial blood sugar) should be monitored 2-4 times a week after blood sugar control reaches the standard.

Second: What specific blood sugar should be monitored?

1, blood glucose monitoring before meals

2. Blood sugar monitoring 2 hours after meals

3, blood sugar monitoring before going to bed

If you are a diabetic with insulin injection, especially a diabetic with moderate or long-acting insulin injection, you should monitor your blood sugar before going to bed (about 10 pm).

4. Blood sugar monitoring at night

If your blood sugar level is close to the treatment target after insulin treatment, but your fasting blood sugar is still high or hypoglycemia often occurs at night, you should monitor your blood sugar around 3 am.

5. Usually

When hypoglycemia symptoms appear at ordinary times, it is necessary to monitor blood sugar in time.

Step 6 exercise

If you take part in strenuous exercise, you should monitor your blood sugar before and after exercise, especially after exercise. In order to prevent hypoglycemia, you should increase the frequency of monitoring blood sugar.

7. Other information

When you try a new diet, you can't eat regularly, your mood fluctuates and you feel unwell, so you need to monitor your blood sugar.

I hope that through the above explanation, you can flexibly arrange your blood sugar monitoring frequency, which is more conducive to your blood sugar reaching the standard!