Blood Sugar Monitoring

Your Complete Guide to Glucose Testing

Why Monitor Blood Sugar?

Blood sugar monitoring provides immediate feedback on how food, activity, stress, and medications affect your glucose levels. Regular monitoring helps you and your healthcare team make informed decisions about treatment adjustments and prevents both high and low blood sugar complications.

Monitoring patterns over time is more valuable than isolated readings. WellAlly helps you track and identify trends.

Target Blood Sugar Ranges

Monitoring Methods

Fingerstick Testing

Traditional method using test strips and meter

✓ Most affordable, gives exact number, requires multiple daily tests

Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM)

Sensor measures glucose every few minutes

✓ Shows trends and patterns, alarms for highs/lows, more expensive

Flash Glucose Monitoring

Sensor scanned with reader for results

✓ No fingersticks, less expensive than CGM, doesn't have alarms

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Common Symptoms

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Warning Signs (Seek Care)

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When to Test Blood Sugar

First Thing in the Morning

Fasting blood sugar shows how well your body controls glucose overnight and without food influence.

Before Meals

Pre-meal readings help determine medication doses and food choices for the upcoming meal.

2 Hours After Meals

Post-prandial readings show how your body handles the carbohydrates you just ate.

Before and After Exercise

Activity affects glucose differently depending on type and intensity. Patterns help you exercise safely.

When You Feel Symptoms

If you suspect low blood sugar, test immediately. Treat if below 70 mg/dL.

When Sick or Stressed

Illness and stress often raise blood sugar. Test more frequently during these times.

Before Bedtime

Ensures you're not going to sleep with low blood sugar. Important if you take insulin.

When Changing Medications

More frequent testing helps assess how new treatments affect your glucose control.

Blood Sugar Monitoring Facts

6+

Times daily recommended for insulin-dependent diabetics

30%

Improvement in A1C with regular monitoring

50%

Of hypoglycemic episodes occur at night

Frequently Asked Questions

Track Your Blood Sugar with WellAlly

Log readings, identify patterns, share with your doctor