Blood Glucose Monitoring
The Diabetes UK website on self testing advises that knowing the level of glucose in your blood is useful for when you are trying to control your diabetes. It can help to maintain day to day control, detect hypoglycaemia, assess control during any illness, and helps to provide information that can be used in the prevention of long term complications. People with diabetes will also have tests to check longer term blood glucose levels called a glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) or fructosamine tests.
Recent studies have led to a UK wide debate about the value of blood glucose testing...and Diabetes UK have published a Position Statement.
Your Health Care Professional will help you understand what is best for you.
More information, particularly aimed at Health Care Professionals is available by following this link.