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Glucose meter facts for kids

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Glucose meters
Diabetic glucose meters

A glucose meter is a medical tool that measures glucose in human blood. It is an important part of blood glucose checking for people with diabetes mellitus or hypoglycemia. A drop of blood is placed on a test strip. The meter reads the strip and displays the blood sugar levels.

The tests are used for type 1 diabetes, latent autoimmune diabetes of adults and type 2 diabetes. Home tests for type 2 came more slowly than for type 1.

Images for kids

  • CDC Preventing Chronic Diseases Diabetes

    CDC image showing the usage of a lancet and a blood glucose meter

  • BGM twopart

    Continuous glucose monitor. The sensor and transmitter are fixed to the upper arm. The reader shows days to replacement of sensor, current blood glucose level and a diagram of the latest blood glucose levels.

  • Accu-chek blood glucose test strips

    Two used Accu-Chek test strips. The lower one has had the cover peeled off to show the circuit.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Glucómetro para niños

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