Haha, love it!Perhaps they are holding someone else's hand....
(Seagues into Tom Lehrer)
I don't expect these pictures to be realistic. If it was, you might see blood dripping down the side of the finger as they've pricked too deep (or, in my case, after exercise)Not so much a discussion, more a "If I see another article where someone is shown pricking the tip of their finger, not the side, I think I'll scream!" Not only that, the models are usually smiling as they pretend to prick their finger, like it's the flipping highlight of their day!Rant over, and breathe...
The tips are too painful for me, so I assumed it was the same for everyone, as had been told sides less painful - yes, something else we all differ in!I'm afraid I have to use the tips or just below the tips in order to see blood. Pricking the sides hurts me a lot more, and too difficult to get blood.In hospital, the nurses always used the tip. I guess this is something else we are all different in!
.......In hospital, the nurses always used the tip. I guess this is something else we are all different in!
"...I've got bloodstains on my keyboard!"Perhaps they are holding someone else's hand....
(Seagues into Tom Lehrer)
Wonder why they've now been trained to use the tip - think it would be better for them to ask "where do you normally find it least painful to test yourself?" and then use place suggested by patient.In hospital the nurses all , wrongly, seem to use the tip. I always use the side to minimise pain.
Until I had diabetes, my fingers were so rarely pricked that I wouldn't have a clue.Wonder why they've now been trained to use the tip - think it would be better for them to ask "where do you normally find it least painful to test yourself?" and then use place suggested by patient.
Agreed for new patients - I was thinking more of patients already diagnosed like @Rachox who tried to tell them where to prick, but they carried on using the tips.Until I had diabetes, my fingers were so rarely pricked that I wouldn't have a clue.
I think most of the general population is the same as the old (young) me before I had diabetes.
That sounds tricky!When I was nursing I remember one particular patient who always asked to be pricked in his ear lobeHe said it was less painful!
That sounds tricky!
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