what is the least painful lancing device with lancet for diabetic kids????

Question

I bought the walgreens lancing device with lancets, tried it and it was very painful.

Answer 1

It's almost impossible to eliminate the pain associated with lancets, as it is the only way to draw blood. What I would do if I were you is find a lancet device that has different settings. The settings determine how deep the point penetrates the skin. Also make sure you always use a new lancet when checking glucose levels. Lancets are probably the least expensive of all diabetic supplies.

Answer 2

I can't say what is the least painful device - I've only ever used the Accu-chek Soft-clix.

Once I understood it and how to use it properly, tests became usually painless.

Here is some advice I pass on to newby type 2's; hopefully it may help you with your child.

Painless Pricks

One of the common objections to testing blood glucose more frequently is a fear of pain from testing. If you are suffering pain when you test - then you are doing it incorrectly.

This is some advice I passed on to some friends, based on my own experience. As always, check with your doctor if in any doubt.

Wash your hands in warm water first, and shake them to get the circulation going. Check your lancet - it should be adjustable. Mine is Soft-clix, made by Roche and is usually painless. I get an occasional tiny sting, and it lets me know if it's getting blunt sometimes, but I've tested over 5000 times in the past 4 years without any trauma. That's from a guy who was, and is, needle-phobic.

Start with the second lowest setting (1 or 1.5), hold it firmly against your skin on the side of a finger near the tip. Don't flinch when you release the button. The button releases a spring-loaded tiny needle which makes a tiny hole in your skin and instantly retracts. Incidentally, using the sides has two advantages - there are less nerve-ends than on the pads, and it doubles the number of test-points so you can rotate through the positions.

Massage gently (milking a cow) until a drop of blood forms sufficient to put on the test strip. If this setting doesn't provide an adequate quantity, move the lancet setting up one notch for the next one. If you got a large sample and it hurt a little, go to the lower setting.

And that's all there is to it. Sometimes it helps to shake your hands a little more, or warm them up if it's cold. The manufacturers advise changing the lancet needle every time; I change mine when I remember or if it gets a bit blunt. You do what you are comfortable with, subject to doctor's orders.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.

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Answer 6

Try the Freestyle lancets. Of course this may mean that you have to purchase the Freestyle glucometer, too. The thing is that this seems to be one of the least painful lancet devices. I've used it and it doesn't hurt as much as some of the other brands.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Some people say the Soft Clix works for them. I would check out www.childrenwithdiabetes.com. They often survey the parents to see what devices etc. they use. You may also want to check their message boards.

Good luck!

P.S. You may also want to try another brand of lancets.

Answer 9

I use the lancing device that came with my Free Style meter. You can use it on your arms and the palms of your hand. It has a dial on it for depth. I use the depth of two on my arms. It is not painful and definitely gets the very tiny amount of blood that the test strip requires. I do believe that they sell them separately from the meter. But you can use any of the ones that have a dial on them. Most of the lancing devices can be used for testing on the arms and hands.

Goodluck!

Answer 10

I hate to say it, but they are all about the same. I use my fingers and they are really beat up. There was one that I tried before that did it on your leg or arm, but the challenge with that one was that it left little red dots all over my arms.

Especially for kids, appearance is critical. I suggest keeping the lancets going into their fingers and teaching them to rotate on all 10 fingers so you don't get a build up of sticks on one finger.

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Good luck!!