1. Very few people in the U.S. have diabetes mellitus.
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2. According to experts, about half of the 16 million people in the U.S. with diabetes do not know they have the disease and are not under care for the disorder.
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3. Diabetes mellitus is a serious, lifelong condition.
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4. Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism, the way your body uses digested food for growth and energy.
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5. In people with diabetes, glucose builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine, and passes out of the body.
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6. It is not important for people with diabetes to monitor their blood glucose levels.
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7. A home test for measuring blood glucose (blood sugar) levels is called a blood glucose monitor or meter.
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8. Within seconds, a blood glucose meter can analyze a blood drop from a finger prick, so a person with diabetes knows whether to adjust medicine, exercise or diet.
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9. Everyone has some sugar in his or her blood.
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10. The normal amount of sugar in the blood ranges from about 70 to about 120 in people who do not have diabetes.
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11. Blood sugar goes up after eating, but returns to the normal range (in people without diabetes) in 1 or 2 hours.
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12. In people with diabetes, lowering your blood sugar (blood glucose) by any amount lessens your chances of getting diabetes eye, kidney, and nerve disease.
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13. A good blood sugar range for most people with diabetes (before a meal) is from about 70 to 150.
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14. A finger-stick test is one that you do yourself using a blood glucose meter.
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15. The finger-stick test measures your blood sugar at the time you test.
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16. A hemoglobin A1c test indicates the average amount of sugar that has been in your blood over the last three months.
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17. You can also perform a hemoglobin A1c test at home.
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18. Self-testing of blood glucose levels helps a person with diabetes know how food, physical activity, and diabetes medicine affects the individual’s blood sugar.
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19. Readings from the tests can help a person manage diabetes day by day or even hour by hour.
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20. Finger-stick tests are usually done before meals and/or at bedtime.
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21. A person with diabetes should check with his or her physician on how often and when a home test should be performed.
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22. If you have diabetes, you may need to test your urine ketones when you are sick or if your blood sugar is over 240 before eating a meal.
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23. Strips for testing urine ketones, like blood glucose meters, are available without a physician’s prescription.
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