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<blockquote data-quote="Goonergal" data-source="post: 2408577" data-attributes="member: 368709"><p>Hi [USER=543834]@Sydneyhorn[/USER] </p><p></p><p>Sounds like you’ve made a good start. There are a few things to consider about blood glucose readings.</p><p></p><p>Firstly all meters have an error range of roughly 10-15%, and even testing the same drop of blood with two different strips can produce different readings for this reason. If you get a reading which is a long way off from what you expect (either low or high) the advice is to throughly wash and dry your hands and test again in case anything has contaminated your hands.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, blood glucose levels can be affected by so many things - food, exercise, stress, illness, lack of sleep and so on. For this reason, they fluctuate constantly and you’re unlikely to get the same readings at the same time every day, especially when first diagnosed and just settling into a routine of management.</p><p></p><p>You might also want to check out ‘dawn phenomenon’ which explains more about morning readings and why they might vary.</p><p></p><p>I’d therefore say that the readings you mention are all perfectly plausible.</p><p></p><p>Are you also testing immediately before you eat, so you can see the impact of your meals?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonergal, post: 2408577, member: 368709"] Hi [USER=543834]@Sydneyhorn[/USER] Sounds like you’ve made a good start. There are a few things to consider about blood glucose readings. Firstly all meters have an error range of roughly 10-15%, and even testing the same drop of blood with two different strips can produce different readings for this reason. If you get a reading which is a long way off from what you expect (either low or high) the advice is to throughly wash and dry your hands and test again in case anything has contaminated your hands. Secondly, blood glucose levels can be affected by so many things - food, exercise, stress, illness, lack of sleep and so on. For this reason, they fluctuate constantly and you’re unlikely to get the same readings at the same time every day, especially when first diagnosed and just settling into a routine of management. You might also want to check out ‘dawn phenomenon’ which explains more about morning readings and why they might vary. I’d therefore say that the readings you mention are all perfectly plausible. Are you also testing immediately before you eat, so you can see the impact of your meals? [/QUOTE]
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