Your child may ask, and you may wonder, “What can I do to make checking my blood sugar more comfortable?” Here are some tips from the American Diabetes Association:
• Be sure your fingertip is warm and pink. Wash your hands in warm water or shake your hands to get the blood into the fingertips.
• Use an adjustable lancet device to get a drop without poking too deeply.
• Poke on the sides of your fingers, not the tips.
• Gently squeeze a blood drop from your fingertip.
• Use skin cream to keep your fingers soft.
You may also want to share these reminders with your child:
• Always keep the lancets to yourself. You don’t want anyone to get stuck by accident.
• Never let anyone use your lancet device or your lancets.
• Talk with your diabetes educator about how to throw away the used lancets safely.
• Keep all diabetes-care supplies away from younger children.
If you need to get diabetic testing supplies, check out our Diabetic Care section. We have a variety of brands and other products that can help you better manage your diabetes.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy Health Connection, November 2014
—Source: American Diabetes Association
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