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Tested someone at work with surprising results...??!

Snootybutnice

Snootybutnice

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One of the girls at work was curious about her BG levels and isn't currently feeling 100% - very tired and was off last week with some kind of cold virus (a lot of bugs going around at the moment). I tested her blood for her and it was so runny that it just bled across her fingers like her hands were wet. I tried a second time and this time she 'dried' her finger a second time and it felt dry but the same thing happened again - it didn't go into a blood drop on the finger holding a 'form' but just splayed out again over her skin.

By her pressing for more blood and me trying to scoop all the blood up into the test strip, we got a good reading of 2.6. What does this mean and should she go see her doctor or could it be that she's been taking lots of pain meds to thin her blood? Bit worried about her but don't know enough about it to know what it really means.

Cheers everyone x
 
So assuming your colleague washed her hands before the "test".

Sounds like she may not have dried her hands properly?

To be honest, the best thing you can do is tell her to see her doctor..
 
some people eat too many vitamins and for example vitamine E in high dosis can make ones blood too thin to a dangerous degree...

it could also be a lack of vitamin K , a vitamine that makes the blood able to coagulate.... I think you are right about thinking she to be secure should see a doctor ... and ask about this...

if she eats too much painkiller she can also get too thin blood, it is just as dangerous as to have blood that too easily coagulates
 
I find if I've used hand creams then I get that watery flowing effect.

If your colleague is worried, she should see a doctor, but when I get the flowy blood, I usually retest as I've found it can read lower than I am. I'd also add that scooping up blood to get enough can mess with some meters accuracy too.
 
Jaylee said:
So assuming your colleague washed her hands before the "test".

Sounds like she may not have dried her hands properly?

To be honest, the best thing you can do is tell her to see her doctor..
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Yes I told her to wash her hands and dry them before I tested her. I tried the first time and I said your hands must be damp because the blood just soaked across the finger. So she carefully dried again and I felt her hand and it felt dry so I tried a second time and the same thing happened. I may have not got an accurate reading from what Azure says if scooping up the blood knocked the results out a bit. Just very curious - it really was strange. I'll test her again and if it's the same I'll send her to the doc!
 
Snootybutnice said:
Yes I told her to wash her hands and dry them before I tested her. I tried the first time and I said your hands must be damp because the blood just soaked across the finger. So she carefully dried again and I felt her hand and it felt dry so I tried a second time and the same thing happened. I may have not got an accurate reading from what Azure says if scooping up the blood knocked the results out a bit. Just very curious - it really was strange. I'll test her again and if it's the same I'll send her to the doc!
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OK, a quick tip. Touch the end of the strip to the blood droplet & allow "capillary action" draw the blood up into the yellow slot in the plastic strip.
The meter will have enough blood for the test..

This is assuming the test strip still has a yellow slot.? I use an Accu-Chek Mobile with tape cartridges.. The same principle applies.. Never alow it to touch blood again while the meter is in testing mode.

But at the end of the day? This is just a random reading.. Your colleague needs to see a professional for a more in depth result..
 
Thanks Jaylee - I use CodeFree and the problem was the blood spread like water across her finger so there wasn't enough of it in one place to draw upon like you'd do - so I moved the strip over her finger to draw the rest of the blood in, without taking it from her finger. Was no other way. But you're right-she should use this as an indicator if we get the same type of reading again to see her doctor for more indepth/accurate testing. If nothing else it gives her a good basis to get checked out! Thanks hon. x
 
Try not to squeeze the blood. Also the calibrated monitors requite very little blood. Don't flood them!
 
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