Fingertip-to-fingertip variability when I test on my left fingers (117) vs my right fingers (96). Does nayone know why this might be the case. Both right & left are test with in minutes of each other after an 8-hour fast.
2006-08-29 11:32:43 · 6 answers · asked by we2talkstory 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
What you are getting is the sad part of all this testing. I have gotten the same results as you have. I test about 6 to 10 times per day. I rotate fingers and hands. On occasion I do the forearm. I have compared meter results with doctor office results. Most of the time I get similar glucose results. However, as I have gone thru several meters, results do vary. Their accuracy as company stated is still 5 to 10 per cent, sorry to say.
Even in this modern and technical age! One would think current devices would be in the order of 1% to 4% error. But, that's not the case even in commercial lab testing! National labs vary even with the same sample! So, if the medical labs test results vary so much - and doctors depend on those results - why should we be any different. Sad. Really Sad.
Diabetes is a real problem. There are all sorts of devices. All sorts of Federal regulations. All sorts of FDA testing prior to commercial release. Why on earth are our lifelines to good health so inaccurate? As I said.... SAD.
2006-08-30 02:05:46 · answer #1 · answered by Morphious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-19 02:16:27 · answer #2 · answered by Warren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
117 and 96 are within the error range of the meter. Along with all the other mentioned possibilities. As for arm testing, it is accurate, but if you feel low, you need a finger stick, because the arm blood lags about 10-15 minutes behind the finger blood in terms of getting a low reading.
2006-08-30 01:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your blood flow might be different in one hand then the other.
It's the same with taking your blood pressure, one of your arms usually has a lower reading than the other.
ALSO TIP:
You can try buying a testing machine that allows you to prick your arm instead of your fingers it's just as accurate and I would imagine much less painful.
B.B. King advertised for it.
2006-08-29 11:39:04 · answer #4 · answered by Mister Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you done a quality control check on your machine?
2006-08-29 11:35:38 · answer #5 · answered by nene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you wash your hands? sounds stupid but I did a glucose test the other night it was 14.7 then I washed my hands and it was 9.6
2006-08-29 11:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by NickyB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋