Either situation can cause damage to your body over many years, leading to potentially serious complications.
Who Should Monitor Blood Glucose?
How often will depend on the pop in of insulin used.
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For those who take only long-acting insulin, testing twice a day is often enough.
ADA advises doing a blood sugar check any time symptoms of hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia appear.
It will be at regular yearly checkups that a person with prediabetes will have their blood glucose measured.
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