Squeezing blood out and BG readings

[Lilliepop]

I always have to squeeze blood out to get a reading. I have read that it makes reading sometimes high. How can I get blood out without doing it? I have a accu check meter. Also I'm pre diabetic and after eating my blood can be between 6.6- 9 have read people with type 2 are not pleased if there BG goes over eight. Isn't that good?

 

[hale710]

I was told my by consultant and DSN on the day of diagnosis that I should squeeze it out. I'm a T1 but I don't see why that would make a difference!

 

[mrman]

Wasnt told anything about this on diagnosis but have heard not to squeeze as ir can affect results. When I was diagnosed and hospital were doing readings they used to squeeze it like a ******. As long as you've washed hands and got a decent sample should be an accurate reading.

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[Andy12345]

i always have to squeeze and im often in the low 3's so i hope it dosent give high readings


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[diadeb]

Hi, squeezing can apparently cause a reading to be high. Run your finger under hot water first and then try, the blood should run more freely

 

[hale710]

Hi, squeezing can apparently cause a reading to be high. Run your finger under hot water first and then try, the blood should run more freely

How can it make it high? Surely the BG is the same regardless!!

My boiler is useless and getting hot water takes 10 minutes (it's sad but I'm not even kidding) so I always wash my hands first but it's in cold water! My blood gushes out anyway even on the lowest setting, but I genuinely don't understand why it would change if squeezed.

I'm tempted to experiment now....

 

[Andy12345]

did you experiment?


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[hale710]

Not yet, I will next time I test!

Probably let it come out normally first and test, then squeeze and test from the same point. See if there's any difference

 

[Andy12345]

i will to but i just made cup cakes and had to lick the spoon from the buttercream frosting and the silly thing kept falling back in the bowl and needed licking over and over so probly not a good time to do it


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[hale710]

i will to but i just made cup cakes and had to lick the spoon from the buttercream frosting and the silly thing kept falling back in the bowl and needed licking over and over so probly not a good time to do it


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I'm currently having a similar incident with some honey roast peanuts...

Beauty of my honeymoon period is give it a few hours and you'd never know

 

[ElyDave]

or go for a ten mile run first, that normally has the blood dripping from my fingers. Gonna be fun on Friday, 70 mile race, testing three times every 10-mile lap.

 

[Andy12345]

Wow good luck

 

[Andy12345]

If I went for 10 mile run they'd have to put blood in not me take it out

 

[hale710]

If I went for 10 mile run they'd have to put blood in not me take it out

Ditto!

 

[hale710]

Squeezing gave me a reading 0.4 LOWER than not squeezed.

Interested in what anyone else comes up with!

 

[Andy12345]

aha ive eaten my chicken salad and obligitery jelly and cream ill do it at 8:30 hehe


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[Lilliepop]

Blood taken two hours after eating was with squeezing 8.6 then again with running under hot water 8.1 still don't know what to think,

 

[hale710]

Blood taken two hours after eating was with squeezing 8.6 then again with running under hot water 8.1 still don't know what to think,

Typical our results are totally different!

 

[Andy12345]

all in the name of science.... 5.7 squeezing six pricks and burnt fingers 5.4 but it took 5 minutes to get enough out of a non squeezed whole so maybee it went down lol


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[hale710]

all in the name of science.... 5.7 squeezing six pricks and burnt fingers 5.4 but it took 5 minutes to get enough out of a non squeezed whole so maybee it went down lol


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So all in all, the differences were in the region of 0.3 - 0.5

Not exactly huge