Glucose

Monitoring blood sugar helps to determine if you are meeting your glucose targets which helps to reduce the unpleasant symptoms of high and low blood sugar, and avoid long-term diabetes complications.

Hyperglycemia is the technical term for high blood glucose (blood sugar). High blood glucose happens when the body has too little insulin or when the body can't use insulin properly.

The signs and symptoms include the following:

• High blood glucose
• High levels of glucose in the urine
• Frequent urination
• Increased thirst

Hypoglycemia is a condition in which your blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than the standard range. Glucose is your body's main energy source. Hypoglycemia is often related to diabetes treatment. But other drugs and a variety of conditions — many rare — can cause low blood sugar in people who don't have diabetes.

If blood sugar levels become too low, hypoglycemia signs and symptoms can include:

• Looking pale
• Shakiness
• Sweating
• Headache
• Hunger or nausea
• An irregular or fast heartbeat
• Fatigue
• Irritability or anxiety
• Difficulty concentrating
• Dizziness or lightheadedness
• Tingling or numbness of the lips, tongue or cheek

As hypoglycemia worsens, signs and symptoms can include:

• Confusion, unusual behavior or both, such as the inability to complete routine tasks
• Loss of coordination
• Slurred speech
• Blurry vision or tunnel vision
• Nightmares, if asleep

Severe hypoglycemia may cause:

• Unresponsiveness (loss of consciousness)
• Seizures

WITH A FAST AND EASY TEST, WE CAN DETERMINE YOUR GLUCOSE RANGE. IF YOU NEED HELP CHECKING YOUR BLOOD SUGAR, WE ARE HERE TO HELP.

**AN ABNORMAL RESULT MAY REQUIRE FOLLOW UP WITH PCP OR OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT. RESULT LETTER WILL BE PROVIDED**.

**NO TREATMENT DONE AT THIS FACILITY***