How should we monitor blood sugar in daily life

The ideal blood sugar control should be around the clock. If the blood sugar is measured at a certain time point, it can only reflect the blood sugar level at that time point, but not the blood sugar level at other times. Diabetes is a chronic disease that will accompany people with diabetes throughout their lives. Therefore, monitoring blood sugar has become a “sweet task” for people with diabetes. As a diabetic patient with type 2 diabetes, due to different treatment plans, the blood sugar level monitoring plans are still somewhat different.

 

1. Generally speaking, patients with type 2 diabetes who take oral hypoglycemic drugs need to monitor fasting or 2-hour postprandial blood glucose 2 to 4 times a week; or monitor breakfast, lunch and dinner every day for 3 consecutive days in the week before treatment. Blood sugar before, 2 hours after breakfast, lunch and dinner and before going to bed.

 

2. For patients with type 2 diabetes who take basal insulin, fasting blood glucose needs to be monitored every day.

 

3. For patients using premixed insulin, fasting blood glucose and pre-dinner blood glucose need to be monitored; if fasting blood glucose reaches the target (4.4-7.0 mmol/L), postprandial blood glucose also needs to be monitored.

 

4. For patients using mealtime insulin, postprandial blood glucose and/or premeal blood glucose of the next meal need to be monitored. Although the monitoring plans are different and blood sugar will change, we can still find some patterns in it. General rules The general rule of blood sugar is that blood sugar is low before a meal and increases after a meal. Normal people's blood sugar, whether fasting or after a meal, remains within a certain range and does not change much. Lowest point Generally speaking, blood sugar is at its lowest point at three or four o'clock in the morning. Generally, blood sugar in the early morning is not less than 3.3 mmol/L. As the levels of glucocorticoids and other glycemic hormones in the body increase, blood sugar gradually increases. Normal people's fasting blood glucose should be in the range of 3.3 to 6.1 mmol/L. The blood sugar level is often the highest 0.5 to 1 hour after the highest meal. For normal people, it is generally below 10.0 mmol/L, and at most it does not exceed 11.1 mmol/L. Then blood sugar gradually drops, and in normal people, blood sugar will drop below 7.8 mmol/L 2 hours after a meal. For people with type 2 diabetes, it is very important to clarify the range of blood sugar levels, monitor blood sugar regularly, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and keep blood sugar within the normal range. I hope the content about blood glucose monitoring is helpful to you.