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Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar ACCU-CHEK Customer Care Service Center 1-800-858-8072
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y
m
pto
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s of
H
igh or
L
ow Blood
S
ug ar
Being aware of the sy
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pto
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s of high or low blood sugar can help you understand your test results and decide
what to do if they see
m
unusual.
H
ere are the
m
ost co
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on sy
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pto
m
s.
H
igh blood sugar
(
hyperglyce
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ia
)
: fatigue, increased appetite or thirst, frequent urin ation, blu rred vision,
headache, or general aching.
L
ow bl ood sug ar
(
hyp oglyce
m
ia
)
: sweating, tre
m
bling, blurred vision, rapid heartbeat, tingling or nu
m
bness
around
m
out h or fingertips.
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms
,
test your blood sugar
.
If your blood sugar result is
displayed as LO or HI
,
and you have symptoms of low or high blood sugar
,
follow your doctor’s
instructions
,
or contact your doctor immediately
.
If your blood sugar result does not match how you
feel
,
follow the steps under “Unusual Test Results
.
”
U
nu sual Test
R
esults
If your blood sugar result doesn’t
m
atch the way you feel, fo llow these steps:
1
.
R
un a co ntrol test
(
see Chapter 2, “Cont rol Testing”
)
.
2
.
R
epeat a blood sugar test
(
see Chapter 3, “Testing Your Blood
S
ugar”
)
.
3
.
If your blood sugar results still don’t reflect the way you fee l, follow your doctor’s instructions or call your
doctor i
mm
ediately.
N
ote: Always follow you r doctor’s instructions. For exa
m
ple, if your doctor has ad vised you to i
mm
ediately
treat a low blood su gar result
(
such as by eating so
m
ethi ng
)
, then do that first.
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