diabetic blood testing

[quincydavis]

every morning itest my blood can anyone explain why the readings differ on the left to the right some times as much as 4 points

[murraymints]

???? My dad takes a specimen from any finger to test ..reading should be the same ...what are you measuring...sugar or pressure ?

[quincydavis]

thanks murraymints its for sugar

[murraymints]

I take it you mean you take blood from a right finger as well as a left ? or is this your reading on the meter you use

[quincydavis]

i take blood from fingertip on both hands

[murraymints]

the reading ought to be the same regardless of where you take it...are you using a fresh paper each time...? 4 points is a lot if you are taking readings at the same time.....but it can rise quickly if you eat in between taking blood...

[Sqad]

What do you mean by 4 points?..........what points?

Blood sugar can be in mmoles/mlitre or mgms/mililitre.

In Europe it is usually the former....in the UK it is the latter.

Normal is approx 70-130mgms/litre or 4-7 millimoles/litre.

I bet the 4 points relate to the former.......in which case it is no big deal and why do you take 2 readings?

[looobylooo]

quincy, you really dont need to bother testing your blood sugar levels twice like that.. just once, each time, is enough.
test when you wake, before eating (and then 2 hours later to get a good indication of how different foods affect you) and then test again at bed time.
the difference in 'points' could be that you might have had something sweet on the other finger tip or something, hence the slightly increased reading.
how are your levels by the way, are they ok?