麻豆果冻传媒

• AKA 鈥渞apid-acting鈥� or 鈥渟hort acting鈥� and is generally what is administered at school
• Acts within 10-15 minutes
• Given for one of two reasons:
  • When food is eaten
  • Glucose level is too high and needs correcting
• Amount of insulin needed is based on the insulin to carbohydrate ratio
• When insulin has been given prior to a meal or snack, food should be eaten soon (beginning within 15 minutes)

Instructions:

Instructions:

• Meters do not only display numbers.  
• Some display 鈥淟o鈥� or 鈥淗i鈥� for out of range readings. 
• Some of them also display specific 鈥渆rror codes鈥� that may indicate problems like an insufficient blood sample or that the temperature is out of range.You will need the meter manual to respond to these error codes.
• You can get information about a specific meter and test strips from several different sources.

1. A copy of the manufacturer鈥檚 manual for the meter should be provided by

There are many types of lancets and lancet devices.

Many students will use a lancing device. Some lancing devices have several depth settings to allow for the difference between sensitive fingers and callused fingers.  Some come with two caps for the end that touches the finger to adjust the depth of puncture. In addition, the pressure of the finger on the cap determines how deep the puncture will go. It should be deep enough to provide an adequate amount of blood, but not be so deep as to cause bruising or pain.

Often people with type 2 diabetes have no symptoms. Others are symptomatic with very high blood glucose levels.

Some symptoms are often similar to type 1:

• Tired
• thirst 
• hunger
• increased urination

Plus the following symptoms: