What do I need to check diabetes?
I was browsing through various products in Walmart and to my surprise I found variety of them with different price.
I was wondering what all I would need to buy to do sugar test for say 6 months ot 12 months. I have to take it to my country for someone. I found these products please lemme know.
http://www.free-diabetic-supplies.net/images/300-2.jpg
http://www.diabetesstore.com/images/products/MultiClixExtraBox.jpg
http://www.e-farm.pl/large/936.jpg
http://www.maxiaids.com/ProdImages/1530373.jpg
http://images.allegrocentral.com/0D/CA/8ab281020bb66dff010bb67e303a5538-PRODUCT-MEDIUM_IMAGE.jpg
basically I wanted to know if Accu-Check Advantabe includes completely all the three instruments.
1. Digital display thing
2. The Sirenge that is used to pork and get blood sample
3. The strips used.
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The amount of lancets and test strips that you need for your friend, all depends on how often they test. If they are Type I, they might test 6-7 times a day, whereas if they are Type II, they might just test 2-3 times a week.
Normally the meter kits will contain a few test strips, a few lancets, a control solution and the meter. Sometimes they just have the meter.
It would be better & safer to speak with your doctor about this. They can also show you how to use the device “correctly”.
A blood sugar meter.
If you get a accu-check advantage meter( you can usually find them free, the company make its profits off the strips) Send me a mailing address and I will send you 3 boxes(150) of the strips free. My meter went bust and my new meter does not take these strips. Send to yinsect@yahoo.com.
The strips are what’s expensive. Any kit will probably include everything. Freestyle works good.
To test blood sugar you need a meter, whatever kind of strips it uses, a finger pricker and whatever your meter uses for calibration. If you buy a blood testing kit then it should have all you need in it. You’d just need extra testing strips. You do not need a syringe for testing.
It would help if you could check that the strips for the meter can be obtained in your country.
Any of the Accu-check products are good, as are any One Touch products.
what you need is
blood strips
machine to check the blood
(ultra )
(needles to change your item that pokes to check the blood)
If you take insulin you will need needles and you can get them by buying at walmart they are cheaper there and dont’ need prescription.
that should be it.