The Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor

  The continuous blood glucose monitor is a bit of new technology that may someday revolutionize the treatment and monitoring of those with blood glucose abnormalities brought about by the metabolic diseases known as diabetes. For anyone with diabetes the key to keeping the disease under control and the effects and symptoms in check is to maintain a blood glucose level that is as close to normal as possible, for as much of the time as possible. In some diabetics maintaining proper blood glucose levels may be no trouble at all, and in others blood…

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Low Blood Glucose Levels

  For an ever increasing number of people low blood glucose levels are a real concern. The number of people diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, and many forms of cancer, has been fairly steady or even slightly declining in recent years, but the number of people with diabetes continues to skyrocket. For those with diabetes low blood glucose levels can be just as much of a concern as high blood glucose levels due to the simple fact the for the body to operate at optimum levels the blood glucose generally needs to stay somewhere between…

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Diabetic Testing Meters

  Diabetic testing meters are a device usually referred to as a glucometer. Diabetic testing meters are designed to read the level of glucose, or sugar, in a drop of blood so that the blood sugar level can be tracked. The use of diabetic testing meters is pretty simple and straight forward. To use the machine a special test strip is placed in the machine, then a drop of blood is collected by pricking the skin (usually on the finger) with a lancet, the drop of blood is placed on the test strip and the…

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Diabetic Foot Massager – Essential Item!

Is there anything else that can feel better after a long hard day at work than a 20 minute session relaxing with your feet on a diabetic foot massager? Using a foot spa or a diabetic foot massager are both great ways to relieve and pamper your tense muscles, sooth those aches and pains associated with  long periods of standing, walking, or just daily activities that cause discomfort for the feet. Diabetics are more susceptible to foot problems than healthy people which in turn means if they get a cut, ulcer or blister it can…

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Normal Glucose Readings

Everyone, it seems, is counting some type of medical readings these days, from counting carbs, to cholesterol levels, normal glucose readings, there is always a new number to be tracked and trended and kept as close to normal as possible. Of all the things that are tracked and trended nowadays there is possibly nothing more important to an ever growing number of people than normal glucose readings. The number of people who suffer the ill effects of hypertension and heart disease are actually on the decline, but the number of diabetics continues to increase daily…

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