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Low Blood Glucose Readings
If your blood glucose is below 20 mg/dL, you will receive a “Lo.”
Repeat the test with a new test strip. If this message shows again,
contact your healthcare professional immediately!
Contact your physician for advice if test results are very low
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(below 70
mg/dL) and/or you have symptoms of low blood glucose. Symptoms
of low blood glucose include sweating, shakiness, trembling, blurred
vision, hunger, headache, confusion, rapid heartbeat, or tingling or
numbness around the mouth or fingertips. Symptoms will vary person to
person. You may have one or all of these symptoms.
Diabetes Findings
In 1993, the National Institutes of Health reported a study of people
with Type 1 diabetes. This study was called the Diabetes Control and
Complications Trial (DCCT). It found that good blood glucose control
can reduce the risk of complications by about 60%
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. This helps protect
the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system from damage due to diabetes.
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